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Injuries sustained in aircraft crash; smoke inhalation also contributed to death…
On 27 November 2001, a Beech King Air C90 crashed shortly after takeoff from Toowoomba aerodrome, killing all four occupants: pilot Bruce Johnson and three Queensland Health employees. The left engine failed during takeo…
14y · Male·Crush injuries to the head and chest due to being run over by a bus
A 14-year-old boy died from crush injuries after being run over by a school bus on Wises Road, Gympie. He had requested an undesignated stop, exited the bus, then ran back in front of it as the driver pulled away. The dr…
19y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained in a two-vehicle motor vehicle accident
Michael Ian Charlesworth Bessell, a 19-year-old male, died from multiple injuries sustained in a two-vehicle motorcycle accident on the Burnett Highway near Mount Morgan on 24 November 2006. His motorcycle crossed to the…
19y · Female·Death by hanging
Belinda Jayne Aldred, 19 years old, was found deceased on 21 October 2004 in her flat in Mareeba, Queensland. The coroner determined death was caused by hanging. Evidence indicated she was last seen on 17 October 2004 ap…
28y · Male·hypoxic encephalopathy secondary to hanging
Matthew Liddell, a 28-year-old former Navy serviceman with severe post-traumatic stress disorder and depression following the 1998 HMAS Westralia fire, died by hanging in a psychiatric hospital. He had been admitted on 8…
25y · Male·hypoxic-ischaemic brain injury due to plastic bag asphyxia
Graeme Eady, 25 years old with chronic depression first formally treated in July 2003, was admitted after a suicide attempt in September 2003. Following an altercation with another patient, he was transferred to H Floor …
31y · Male·Undetermined; most likely coronary atherosclerosis leading to arrhythmia, but as…
Sparka Huntington, a 31-year-old forensic mental health patient with a history of schizophrenia, violence, and drug use, died during physical restraint by hospital security officers and nursing staff on 14 December 2003.…
Female·multiple injuries due to a fall from height (suicide by jumping from multi-store…
A woman with major depressive disorder and psychotic features died by suicide at a shopping centre car park on 21 September 2004, six days after admission to Belmont Private Hospital under an involuntary treatment order.…
82y · Female·Haemorrhage as a consequence of a compound fracture to the left ankle as a conse…
An 82-year-old woman died from haemorrhage following a compound fracture to her left ankle sustained in a fall down stairs at her home on 24 May 2006, the same day she underwent a fluorescein angiogram for macular degene…
24y · Female·hypoxic brain damage due to cardiac arrest due to hanging
Jodie Maree Davis, aged 24, died by suicide in Townsville Correctional Centre in May 2002. She had a long history of self-harm dating from age 15, including multiple suicide attempts, and was assessed as high suicide ris…
83y · Female·cardiac arrest from severe triple vessel coronary artery disease complicated by …
Margaret Isabel Horsington, aged 83, died from cardiac arrest secondary to severe coronary artery disease, complicated by large bowel obstruction from rectal carcinoma. She presented to Roma Hospital with constipation an…
41y · Male·Traumatic asphyxia resulting from pressure on the chest caused by falling concre…
Michael Lang, a 41-year-old backhoe operator, died from traumatic asphyxia when two large concrete beams fell on his cabin during pedestrian bridge demolition. The beams fell because the headstock had been structurally w…
47y · Male·Myocarditis
Geoffrey Thorpe, a 47-year-old fitter, collapsed and died suddenly at work while testing solenoids with electrical equipment. Initial suspicion of electrocution was thoroughly investigated through expert electrical testi…
75y · Male·Acute cardiac failure due to mitral valve disease (surgically treated)
Arthur Lawrence Smith, 75, underwent successful mitral valve repair and coronary artery bypass grafts at TPCH on 2 August 2004 and was discharged 5 days later. On 19 August, his wife called TPCH reporting acute shortness…
Male·Coe: self-inflicted hanging; Pittaway: neck compression due to self-inflicted st…
Two men died by suicide in Bundaberg Watch House within 7 months. Paul Coe (38) hanged himself using his shirt from a door hinge on 11 June 2005, approximately 25 minutes after officers last physically checked him. Steve…
32y · Female·Hypoxic brain injury due to a combination of factors arising from subdural haema…
A 32-year-old fit and healthy woman died from hypoxic brain injury following complications of spinal anaesthesia for caesarean section. She developed a subdural haematoma (rare complication) and persistent post-dural pun…
29y · Male·Multiple injuries from being struck by a tyre and rim assembly when attempting t…
Shane Davis, a 29-year-old truck driver, died from injuries sustained when attempting to remove a doughy tyre from a multi-piece rim on a coal haulage truck. The rim failed due to fatigue cracking, causing explosive rele…
41y · Male·Traumatic asphyxia due to compression by slasher
Peter Gabiola, a 41-year-old plant operator, died from traumatic asphyxia when a tractor-mounted slasher collapsed on him while he was attempting to remove barbed wire that had become entangled in the equipment. He had p…
62y · Male·Head injury sustained in a fall from a vibrating roller that became uncontrollab…
A 62-year-old man with extensive plant operation experience died from a head injury sustained when a vibrating roller became uncontrollable on a steep (12-degree) driveway and he fell from it. The roller then free-wheele…
41y · Male·injuries sustained when he fell from height into a pit full of water
Roger Bruce Browne, a 41-year-old contract holder at Dawson Mine, died after falling from height into a pit at disused pit 8C. He suffered fatal injuries including cervical spine dislocation and internal injuries; death …
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