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101 results for head and neck injuries

VICcommunity2026-04-09

Finding into death of Bikram Dangol

30y · Male·Head and neck injury in a motorcycle incident

A 30-year-old male motorcyclist died from head and neck injuries sustained in a motorcycle incident on the Western Ring Road on-ramp on 26 July 2018. The …

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TAS2021-03-09

Coroner's Finding: Fischer, Rodney James

53y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained in a single motor vehicle crash

Rodney James Fischer, aged 53, died from multiple injuries sustained in a single-vehicle motor crash on 19-20 January 2020. He was driving a 1998 Toyota HiLux when …

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NSWhome2014-08-29

Inquest into the death of Kate MALONYAY

32y · Female·Injuries caused by asphyxiation and blunt force trauma to the head inflicted by …

…it on 22 April 2013. A forensic pathologist determined death resulted from asphyxiation (likely from manual neck compression/strangulation) combined with blunt force trauma to the head. The coronial inquest identified he…

forensic medicinesystem
NSWcommunity2011-02-11

Findingmorcom,jai 11 2 11 anonymised

15y · Male·Grade 5 basal subarachnoid haemorrhage suffered during an altercation at Mullumb…

…emorrhage. Medical evidence could not definitively determine whether the hemorrhage resulted from traumatic head injury or spontaneous rupture of a pre-existing aneurysm. No significant external injuries were found despi…

WAcommunity2008-07-18

Inquest into the Death of Oombulgurri

Boyd Lyle Scotty Farrer: Ligature compression of the neck (hanging); Esmay Alber…

Five Aboriginal people died in Oombulgurri, a remote East Kimberley community, between March 2005 and April 2006: four by suicide and one in a motor vehicle accident. Boyd Farrer (16), Alicia Rex (15), Paul Mi…

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VICcommunity2016-08-09

Finding into death of Nicolas Russell Miles

22y · Male·Head and neck injuries sustained in a train incident

Nicolas Russell Miles, aged 22, died from head and neck injuries after deliberately lying on railway tracks in front of a moving train on 12 January 2015.…

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WAcommunity2015-01-08

Inquest into the Deaths of Steven Walter McLean and Shane Henry Wallam

21y · Male·Steven McLean: Head and Neck Injury (cervical spine separation from skull with b…

Two young Aboriginal men, Steven McLean (21) and Shane Wallam (20), died in a motor vehicle crash on 30 April 2011 near Carrabin, WA, while driving a stolen…

alcohol
VIChome2012-09-28

Finding into death of Ayen Chol

4y · Female·Head and neck injuries sustained in a dog attack

Ayen Chol, a 4-year-old girl, died from head and neck injuries sustained in an attack by an American Pit Bull Terrier on 17 August 2011 at her home in S…

TAS2023-09-15

Coroner's Finding: Briggs, Phillippa Helene

51y · Female·Multiple (head, neck, spine and chest) injuries sustained in a motor vehicle acc…

Phillippa Helene Briggs, aged 51, died from multiple injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident on Lake Leake Highway, Tasmania. While driving in wet conditions on…

QLD2018-12-18

Hodgkinson, Bryan

Male·head injuries received in an assault committed by a person or persons who are un…

…er, was found severely injured beside a rural road near Bundaberg in September 1987 with blows to the skull and multiple stab wounds; he died from head injuries sustained in an assault. After three decades and a resumed…

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NThospital2008-12-18

Inquest into the death of Paulo Melo

29y · Male·Blunt head and neck injuries sustained in an unintentional motor vehicle acciden…

A 29-year-old man sustained severe blunt head and cervical spinal cord injuries in a motor vehicle accident. He remained unconscious with high intracrani…

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VIChospital2012-03-06

Finding into death of TS

70y · Male·aspiration pneumonia and hypoxic brain injury in a setting of a man involved in …

A 70-year-old experienced painter suffered crush injuries to the neck when his head became pinned between a scissor lift platform and factory ceiling. He remained …

intensive carerehabilitation medicinesystem
TAS2020-07-14

Coroner's Finding: Stone, Corrie Collean

69y · Female·Neck and chest injuries sustained in a motor vehicle crash

A 69-year-old woman died in a head-on motor vehicle collision on a rural Tasmanian road. She was driving appropriately at 68 km/h on a curve w…

TAS2016-07-25

Coroner's Finding: Kupsch, Jessica Ann

29y · Female·Multiple severe blunt traumatic injuries to the face, neck and head

…f severe family violence. Despite a non-contact family violence order preventing contact, Tunks breached it and fatally assaulted her with multiple blunt force injuries to her head and face. The coroner identified two c…

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VIChome2020-11-06

Finding into death of Robert Thomas Love

33y · Male·Undetermined

Robert Thomas Love, a 33-year-old man with a history of alcohol and drug abuse and mental health difficulties, was found dead in his home in February 2015. The cause of death …

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NT2019-08-09

Inquest into the death of Robin Riley, Thomas Turpin, Fabian Andrews, Cassandra Martin

Blunt force trauma from motor vehicle accident (four deceased: head injuries in …

Four people died in a single vehicle rollover on Kakadu Highway, NT. The driver (Robin Riley, 46) and three unrestrained passengers (Thomas Turpin, 39; Cassandra Martin, 32; Fabian Andrews, 45) were killed whe…

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QLDcommunity2010-04-23

Fraser Island 4WD Inquest - Ian Davy, Concetta Dell’Angelo and Takeshi Sakai

Unknown·Motor vehicle rollover crash. Davy: head and neck injuries; Dell'Angelo: head an…

Three young foreign tourists died in two separate vehicle rollovers on Fraser Island's eastern beach. Both crashes involved hired four-wheel-drive vehicles driven by inexperienced drivers atte…

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SA2018-11-01

Coroner's Finding: CASTILLO-RIFFO Jorge Alberto

54y · Male·hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy resulting from neck compression due to entrapme…

…astillo-Riffo, a 54-year-old construction worker, died from hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy resulting from neck compression. While working on a scissor lift to patch post-tensioning pockets on a concrete slab edge at th…

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VIChome2024-06-24

Finding into death of Vincenzo Lobosco

56y · Male·consequences of a physical struggle in the setting of injecting drug use (heroin…

…l altercation with his friend Darren Heaney on 25 June 2022. The assault involved blunt force trauma to the head and neck. Death resulted from consequences of the physical struggle occurring in the context of significant…

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SAaged care2008-02-07

Coroner's Finding: WELLS Gladys Ruth

71y · Female·undetermined

…-year-old woman found dead in unusual position at Brighton aged care facility. Her body was positioned with head resting against bed pole, with marks on neck and bruising observed by carers. The death was certified as 'c…

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