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Female·meconium aspiration
Talisha Hildebrandt was stillborn at Ayr Hospital on 7 January 2007 due to meconium aspiration. The pregnancy was low-risk and managed appropriately. A CTG monitor showed concerning fetal heart rate changes, prompting ur…
Male·Constable Irwin: gunshot wound entering left upper quadrant of back, perforating…
This inquest examined the deaths of Constable Brett Irwin and Craig Semyraha during a police warrant execution in July 2007. Constable Irwin was fatally shot by Semyraha during an attempted arrest at night. Critical clin…
28y · Male·Multiple injuries due to or as a consequence of a motor vehicle accident in whic…
John Harvey, 28, died when he lost control of a hired 2006 Mitsubishi Canter truck on a right-hand bend and rolled onto its side. The truck was loaded with approximately 2,590 kg of equipment for a cycling event, exceedi…
68y · Male·coronary atherosclerosis worsened by heat stroke
Leon Streader, a 68-year-old man with schizophrenia, epilepsy, obesity, and coronary artery disease, died from coronary atherosclerosis worsened by heat stroke whilst residing in a level-3 accredited hostel on an extreme…
65y · Male·Acute myocardial infarction due to or as a consequence of coronary atheroscleros…
Barry Hadlow, a 65-year-old prisoner with known coronary artery disease, presented to prison medical centre on 13 July 2007 with chest pain, coughing up blood, fever and shortness of breath. He was appropriately diagnose…
2y · Male·Drowning
A 2-year-9-month-old child drowned in a residential swimming pool while in the care of his father, who had fallen asleep indoors. The pool gate's self-closing hinge mechanism had deteriorated over four years without insp…
94y · Female·compression of the neck
A 94-year-old woman died from neck compression after becoming trapped between a waterlift roof, her walking frame, and the ceiling of her home. The waterlift had been installed in the 1990s without compliance with releva…
Female·Incineration from helicopter crash impact and fuel-fed fire
On 21 February 2006, a Robinson R44 helicopter carrying pilot Vita Mara Stott and three mining survey technicians crashed near Gunpowder, Queensland, approximately 100km north-west of Mount Isa. All four occupants died f…
33y · Male·Pelvic crush injury sustained while working at an underground coal mine
Jason Blee, a 33-year-old experienced miner and trainer at Moranbah North Mine in Queensland, was fatally crushed on 9 April 2007 when a shuttle car pinned him against a rib (wall) in a narrow underground heading. Follow…
49y · Male·Coronary artery occlusion due to, or as a consequence of, coronary artery athero…
Ronald Thomas Oram, a 49-year-old Aboriginal man, died in custody from natural causes—severe coronary artery atheroma with coronary artery occlusion. He presented to the prison nurse on 5 January 2008 with chest pain, wh…
60y · Male·Hypertensive heart disease with chronic fatty liver as other significant conditi…
David Duggan, a 60-year-old man with hypertensive heart disease and cardiomegaly, was admitted to Caloundra Hospital on 10 January 2007 for management of severe acute back pain caused by a suspected L3/4 disc herniation …
13y · Female·Traumatic brain and internal injuries sustained when struck by a motor vehicle d…
Caitlin Hanrick, aged 13, was struck by a stolen vehicle being pursued by police on 4 December 2006 while crossing a pedestrian crossing at Redcliffe State High School. She died from traumatic brain and internal injuries…
Female·Multiple injuries sustained in motor vehicle collision
Lee-Anne Gai McLennan died in a motor vehicle collision on the Capricorn Highway near Rockhampton, Queensland on 4 June 2007. She was a front seat passenger in a white Commodore driven by Helen Gledhill when a green Comm…
39y · Male·Strychnine toxicity
Randall Coleman, 39, died from strychnine toxicity after deliberately ingesting poison while in custody at Kingaroy watchhouse on 18 January 2007. He had secreted the vial on his person at arrest on 16 January, despite p…
36y · Male·Hanging
Tony Stanford, a 36-year-old remand prisoner with depression and a history of suicide attempt, died by hanging in his cell at Arthur Gorrie Correctional Centre on 19 September 2006. He was on a risk management plan requi…
Female·Major trauma and multiple injuries due to motor vehicle crash
On 29 March 2006, Vanessa Louise Kingston died in a motor vehicle accident on the Warrego Highway near Warra, Queensland. While traveling toward Dalby, her Holden sedan's passenger wheels left the sealed roadway while pa…
23y · Male·Multiple injuries due to motor vehicle accident (pedestrian)
Jarrod Barton Emerson, aged 23, died on 22 December 2006 after being struck by a motor vehicle while walking on an unlit road at night. The deceased had consumed alcohol (BAC 0.098%) and was walking in the roadway attemp…
34y · Male·gunshot wound to the neck
Clay Hatch, aged 34, with longstanding schizophrenia and recent amphetamine use, became acutely psychotic and took a supermarket cashier hostage at knifepoint after attempting to locate a gun shop. During police response…
33y · Male·Gunshot wound to the head (manner of death remains open: suicide or homicide can…
Shane Nielsen, a 33-year-old man associated with outlaw motorcycle gangs, was found deceased with a gunshot wound to the head on 1 January 2006. Police concluded suicide within 30 minutes without adequate investigation. …
2y · Female·Asphyxial death associated with drowning
Cheyenne Ruby Downing, aged 2 years, drowned in a school swimming pool after accessing it through an inadequately secured gate created by her father in the boundary fence between their rental home and Peace Lutheran Coll…
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