101 results for “head and neck injuries”
27y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained as a pedestrian struck by a motor vehicle; specifica…
…ssa Oates at Huonville, Tasmania. Mr Wise was intoxicated (BAC 0.220%, THC present), wearing dark clothing, and standing in the centre of a 50km/h zone when struck at approximately 110km/h by Ms Oates, who had a BAC of …
43y · Male·head, neck and chest injuries when crushed by a metal plate
…e his death, site manager Grantley Hamilton discovered unsafe cutting practices on decommissioned equipment and explicitly directed all ATH employees to cease work until a proper risk assessment, boom lift, and crane we…
22y · Female·Complications of blunt force trauma to head, neck and chest
…artner Mataio Aleluia in June 2015 following a 15-minute violent assault involving repeated punching to the head, neck and chest. She died from complications of blunt force trauma. The coroner identified multiple systemi…
31y · Male·Head and neck injuries sustained in a motor vehicle incident (pedestrian)
…as fatally struck by a vehicle while walking on an unlit, unmarked rural road at dusk wearing dark clothing and headphones. He was walking in the traffic lane approximately 1.8 metres from the road edge. The driver, tra…
37y · Male·self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head and neck
Matthew Lothian, aged 37, died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head and neck on 6 January 2021 in Wollongong. He was on medical escort from custody when he seized the firearm …
88y · Female·Multiple injuries (neck, chest, abdomen)
June Shirley Dangerfield, 88 years old, died from multiple injuries after a motor vehicle collision on 22 November 2016. She had been declared unfit to drive by her GP follo…
Male·traumatic head and neck injuries sustained in motor vehicle collision
Three young men—Simon Lovitt (28), Shaun Law (16), and Cao Vo (18)—died in a motor vehicle collision on Malvern Road, Glen Iris on 19 June 2002. Lovitt was drivin…
46y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained in a motorcycle incident
…ra, Victoria. He was riding an unregistered, unmaintained motorcycle that he had not been licensed to ride, and had consumed methamphetamine and cannabis. Police attempted a vehicle intercept on Deakin Avenue using an u…
0y · Female·brain death complicating head and neck injury
A five-month-old girl died from catastrophic brain injuries caused by violent shaking on 20 May 2019. Medical evidence established she was shaken by an adult on at l…
53y · Female·acutely decompensated congestive cardiac failure due to blunt traumatic injuries…
A 53-year-old woman with severe intellectual disability and scoliosis died from acute decompensated congestive cardiac failure following blunt traumatic injuries susta…
30y · Male·Exsanguination due to self-inflicted multiple stab and incised wounds
David Geoffrey Godley, aged 30, died from exsanguination due to self-inflicted multiple stab and incised wounds to his neck, chest, and head on 24 April 2016 in Tasmania. He had a long history of psychosi…
25y · Female·Neck injuries (fracture/dislocation of upper cervical spine with spinal cord inj…
Samantha Maslen, a 25-year-old woman with depression and complex social factors, was killed during a police pursuit following an alleged petrol station theft. She w…
62y · Male·Mr Evans: self-inflicted gunshot wound to head and asphyxiation by hanging. Mrs …
…ime of death. From May 2013, Mr Evans presented repeatedly to general practitioners with escalating anxiety and emerging delusions about neighbour's chimney smoke. He was admitted to Launceston General Hospital on 17 Ju…
21; 23y · Female; male·Lilie: multiple blunt force injuries to the head and neck. Paul: multiple blunt …
Lilie James, aged 21, was killed by Paul Thijssen, aged 23, a colleague at St Andrew's Cathedral School, using a hammer in a bathroom on 25 October 2023. Paul killed himself by jumping from…
48y · Female and male·Ms Dailler: blunt head trauma and multiple sharp force injuries including stab w…
…nt domestic relationship. Ms Dailler, aged 48, was killed by her partner Mr Muir through blunt force trauma and stab wounds. Mr Muir subsequently died by suicide. The case demonstrates systemic failures in police incide…
Unknown·multiple physical injuries sustained in a mid-air collision during skydiving
Three skydivers died in a mid-air collision near Mission Beach, Queensland on 13 October 2017. Tandem instructor Peter Dawson and customer Kerri Pike (in drogue-fall) collided with s…
76y · Female·Effects of fire in a woman with head and neck injuries
Mrs Emma Weidemann, aged 76, died from burns sustained in a fire deliberately set by her husband Rudolf at their home on 11 December 2019. Rudolf had recently been diagnosed with terminal cancer, experien…
22y · Male·Airway obstruction due to laryngeal abscess and laryngeal chondronecrosis due to…
Kyle Gallagher, age 22, died from airway obstruction due to laryngeal abscess and chondronecrosis following a motorcycle accident. A CT scan on 13 July 2023 showed a critically narrowed (3m…
43y · Female·Head and neck injuries
GVY, aged 43, was fatally attacked by her husband MJN with an axe and knife on 3 December 2022 after she initiated separation. MJN had a documented history o…
20y · Male·head and neck injuries sustained when struck by train
…ccurred: after his first escape, he was not confined to his room despite identified high risks of self-harm and absconding; the courtyard fence at 3.27m was scalable; nursing staff were unaware he had been found near ra…
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