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53y · Female·mixed prescription drug toxicity
Deearne Joan Barnes, a 53-year-old woman with complex psychiatric history including depression, OCD, substance abuse disorder, and chronic non-cancer pain, died from mixed prescription drug toxicity involving venlafaxine…
17y · Male·haemopericardium due to laceration of the heart
Mr F, a 17-year-old student, died in May 2015 from injuries sustained in a fall from a scooter at a skate park in northern Tasmania. He struck his chin on the unprotected handlebar end and his chest on the scooter, causi…
20y · Female·Strangulation
Lucille Gaye Butterworth, a 20-year-old typist, disappeared from a bus stop in Claremont, Tasmania on 25 August 1969. After extensive investigation spanning decades, Coroner Simon Cooper found that Geoffrey Charles Hunt …
62y · Female·Multiple injuries due to being struck by a train as a pedestrian at the level cr…
Janice Faye McDermott, aged 62, was struck by a train on 5 June 2014 while walking on a bicycle track parallel to train tracks at a level crossing on Box Hill Road, Claremont, Tasmania. She turned left onto the tracks wi…
51y · Female·combined effects of ischaemic and valvular heart disease and combined drug (doth…
Leanne Maree Stacey, aged 51, died on 25 November 2014 at her home in Latrobe, Tasmania. She was discovered lying on the floor by her mother and sister the following morning. The coroner found the cause of death to be th…
Male; female·Multiple blunt trauma injuries suffered due to a motor vehicle collision
Christopher Peter Hoskinson (50) and his mother Elaine Phyllis Hoskinson (76) died in a motor vehicle collision on the Midlands Highway, Ross, Tasmania on 17 July 2014. Mr Hoskinson was driving a Ford Falcon sedan at app…
77y · Female·combined effects of ischaemic heart disease and calcific aortic valve sclerosis
Margaret Wynne Newett, 77, had moderate aortic stenosis diagnosed in 2011 but was never monitored with follow-up echocardiography as guidelines recommend. On 30 December 2013, she collapsed in a supermarket. At West Coas…
72y · Female·multiple bilateral pulmonary infarcts caused by multiple pulmonary thromboemboli…
Mrs Harper, aged 72, with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia presented with superficial thrombophlebitis of her right leg in March 2015. She was managed conservatively with bandaging and aspirin by general practitioners. On 1…
21y · Male·Stab wound to left chest penetrating lung and heart, causing hypovolemic shock
Aidan Dawson, aged 21, died on 9 February 2013 from a stab wound inflicted by his de facto partner Dimity Brown during a violent home invasion. Intoxicated and aggressive, Dawson broke into her home, assaulted her, obtai…
57y · Female·Multiple blunt traumatic injuries from a motor vehicle crash
Gloria Theresa Thorpe, a 57-year-old teacher's aide, died on 8 June 2014 when the Toyota Echo sedan in which she was a passenger was involved in a three-vehicle crash on Bass Highway near Rocky Cape, Tasmania. The crash …
77y · Female·Head injuries due to motor vehicle collision
Elfride Elisabeth Beuckelaers, aged 77, died from head injuries sustained in a motor vehicle collision on the Bass Highway near Elizabeth Town, Tasmania on 20 February 2015. She was driving a Holden Zafira station wagon …
66y · Male·Palliative treatment (withdrawal of life-sustaining medication and oxygen) follo…
Manfred Zimmermann, aged 66, crashed his van into a stationary truck at a service station on 30 September 2014, sustaining serious leg injuries. He had terminal lung cancer (non-operable bronchogenic carcinoma), severe C…
71y · Female·Traumatic closed head injury sustained when pushed to the ground by Robert Frede…
Carmel Nettlefold, aged 71, was violently pushed to the ground by Robert Frederick Bowden at New Town, Hobart on 4 October 2014. She struck her head and sustained a traumatic closed head injury with intracranial bleeding…
39y · Male·drowning
Luke Andrew Bradshaw, a 39-year-old truck driver from Hobart, drowned in Prince of Wales Bay, Tasmania on 26–27 June 2014. He had spent the evening aboard a moored 7-metre vessel with a friend, consuming Jim Beam and bee…
31y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained in a motorcycle crash
Daniel Michael Kulla (31) died in a motorcycle crash near Perth, Tasmania on 14 December 2013 while riding an unlicensed, unregistered, un-roadworthy motorcycle at 80–90 km/h in a 60 km/h zone. The motorcycle had defecti…
26y · Male·severe trauma associated with a single motor vehicle crash at the intersection o…
Leigh John Williams, 26, was killed in a single-vehicle motor vehicle crash on 7 February 2015 at the intersection of Manana Road and East Wickham Road on King Island, Tasmania. His Mazda Utility collided with a power po…
15y · Female·Multiple blunt injuries due to being struck by a car
Brittany Kate Goss, a 15-year-old student, died after being struck by a car while crossing the West Tamar Highway in rural Tasmania at dusk. She had alighted from a bus to meet her father waiting across the road. A Nissa…
28y · Male·Brain death resulting from exsanguination and hypovolaemic arrest due to severed…
Joshua David Smart, a 28-year-old scaffolder, died from brain death resulting from catastrophic exsanguination and hypovolaemic arrest. At approximately 4:45 am on 20 March 2014, whilst attempting to stop dogs fighting o…
29y · Male·drowning
A 29-year-old Colombian tourist drowned at Swimcart Beach, Tasmania, after entering the water in unsuitable conditions. Unfamiliar with the beach and unaware of strong rip currents and large waves, he waded into shallow …
57y · Male·Multiple fatal injuries following a fall from height onto rocks
A 57-year-old European-born man died by suicide after falling from a cliff in northern Tasmania in July 2014. He had experienced progressive mental health deterioration over 12 months, including depression, anxiety, and …
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