895 results for “head injury”
50y · Male·Blunt force trauma to the head and aspiration of gastric content
A 50-year-old male was fatally assaulted while walking to work, suffering blunt force trauma to the head and aspiration of gastric content. Despite extensive investigation by Victoria Police's Homicide Squad, no …
71y · Male·Head and neck injury sustained in high-speed motor vehicle collision on racing c…
A 71-year-old experienced motor racing driver suffered fatal head and neck injuries when his Datsun collided with a stalled Lamborghini on the starting grid at Phillip Islan…
21y · Male·Complications of blunt head injury resulting from at least two separate acts of …
Baylen Pendergast, 21 months old, died from complications of blunt head injury sustained in two separate traumatic incidents (17 and 28 November 2013). The coroner found injuries …
20y · Male·Head injury from motor vehicle collision
Samuel Timothy Brown, age 20, died from severe head injury sustained in a motor vehicle collision on 25 November 2012. He was found lying on the Gold Coast Hig…
48y · Male·Head injury due to mountain bike crash
Colin Jamie Oliver, a 48-year-old experienced mountain biker and registered nurse, died from head injuries sustained in a single-vehicle mountain bike crash at Maydena Bike Park on 1 March 2018. He was rid…
0y · Male·head injury of undetermined aetiology
Christopher O'Sullivan died aged 29 days from head injury of undetermined aetiology. He presented on 15 September 1993 with fixed pupils, cyanosis, and seizur…
85y · Female·Head injury due to a fall from a bus
An 85-year-old woman died from a serious head injury sustained when she fell backwards from a community transport bus. She fell through the open side doo…
20y · Male·Head injury
Sean Wayne Lee, a 20-year-old university student, died from a head injury sustained when he ran deliberately in front of a heavy vehicle on the Princes Freeway. After his car…
55y · Male·Traumatic brain injury caused by blunt force to the head sustained in a fall
Rodney Bates, a 55-year-old in custody at Cessnock Correctional Centre, died from traumatic brain injury sustained in a fall on 2 April 2015. He had experienced recurrent unexplained loss of consciousness episod…
75y · Male·acute right subdural haemorrhage sustained in a fall
George Triantafilopoulos, a 75-year-old man on warfarin after aortic valve replacement, suffered two head strikes within 24 hours—first falling onto concrete at a supermarket on 14 August 2014, then falling onto c…
17y · Male·head injury in a fall from a height
Bailey Blackwell, a 17-year-old Aboriginal man, died from a head injury sustained in a fall from approximately 20 metres at Big Hill near Stawell. While attempting to jump …
17y · Male·head injury with contributing factor of myocarditis
Nathan Wsol, a 17-year-old male, died from head injury and myocarditis sustained in a motor vehicle collision. He collided head-on with a tree on 16 March …
67y · Male·Raised intracranial pressure due to head injuries from a fall
A 67-year-old man died from severe head injuries sustained when he was pushed backwards through a hotel doorway during playful banter with another …
40y · Male·Head Injury
Simon Richard Gerdes, aged 40, died from a head injury sustained during an altercation at the home of Daryl Williams in Ballarat, Victoria in September 201…
53y · Male·Traumatic brain injury sustained from police use of force on 25 February 2016, t…
Neil Banjo, a 53-year-old Aboriginal man, died from traumatic brain injury sustained during a police confrontation on 25 February 2016 in Normanton, Queensland. Officers attended a …
61y · Male·Drowning
John Edward Carter, aged 61, died by drowning on 10 December 1965 after being swept from rocks at Sugar Loaf Rock by a freak wave while fishing with his wife. He initially surfaced and appeared to swim strongly but was s…
0y · Male·Head injury from non-accidental trauma (forced shaking) occurring on 11 May 2009
Baby R, born at 28 weeks gestation, died of non-accidental head injury sustained on 11 May 2009 when forcefully shaken by a person or persons unknown while in parental car…
80y · Female·subdural haematoma due to closed head injury sustained in a fall from bed in hos…
An 80-year-old woman with chronic heart failure admitted to hospital fell from bed and hit her head. Although nursing staff were concerned about a possible head injury, the House Medical Officer incorrectly …
Non-accidental blunt force head injury
…ay Local Courts in northern NSW. The coroner found that the deceased died from a non-accidental blunt force head injury sustained in suspicious circumstances. The manner of death remains an open finding—the coroner did n…
35y · Male·head injury in a man with chronic liver disease
…5-year-old male prisoner with chronic hepatitis C cirrhosis and thrombocytopenia died from traumatic brain injury sustained during an unprovoked assault by another prisoner. A single punch caused him to fall backward ont…
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