152 results for “laceration”
4y · Male·Intra-abdominal injuries from blunt force trauma (ruptured duodenum and lacerate…
Tyrell Cobb, a 4-year-old boy, died from intra-abdominal injuries caused by blunt force trauma inflicted on two separate occasions between 22-24 May 2009. Postmortem revealed a ruptured duodenum and lacerated mesentery c…
17y · Male·Nathan: head injury; Jesse: multiple injuries
…m the observation point. Jesse died from multiple traumatic injuries including rib fractures and splenic laceration; Nathan died from severe head injury with subarachnoid haemorrhage. The coroner found police conduct was…
Male·chest and abdominal injuries sustained in a motor vehicle collision
Peter William Wells, an experienced quad bike rider, died from massive chest and abdominal injuries sustained in a head-on collision with a four-wheel drive vehicle on Sandy Cape Track, Tasmania. The collision occurred a…
29y · Male·complete transection of the vertebral column from the base of the skull sustaine…
A 29-year-old male university student died from complete transection of the vertebral column sustained in a motor vehicle collision while walking on the Brooker Highway at Granton, Tasmania. He had consumed alcohol (BAC …
49y · Male·multiple injuries
A 49-year-old remand prisoner died from multiple injuries after being pinned between a reversing truck and a coolroom wall in the prison industries yard. The deceased voluntarily offered to guide the truck as it reversed…
80y · Male·Pneumonia, with multi-organ failure in the form of liver failure (due to chronic…
Idris Griffiths, a 80-year-old man, died of pneumonia with multi-organ failure whilst in custody at Long Bay Correctional Centre. He had advanced chronic hepatitis C with cirrhosis, ischaemic heart disease, and a history…
55y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained in single vehicle crash
Michael Robert Thompson, a 55-year-old experienced truck driver, died from multiple injuries sustained in a single-vehicle rollover crash while driving a concrete truck on Tea Tree Road. The crash occurred when Mr Thomps…
37y · Male·Drowning
…angway was in place. The fall caused injuries including rib fractures, thoracic vertebra fracture, and a laceration to the back of his neck from striking the bridge wing. The Safety Management Manual explicitly required …
78y · Female·urinary tract infection and pneumonia on a background of facial fractures and de…
…a living in aged care suffered an unwitnessed fall on 22 March 2023, sustaining facial fractures and eye laceration. The fractures were not identified during her initial hospital assessment as radiological imaging was no…
Male·Motor vehicle crash injuries; Arjomand: unsurvivable head injury; Hiron: chest a…
Three men died in a single-vehicle motor vehicle crash in rural Western Australia while under the influence of methamphetamine and other drugs. The driver (Arjomand) sustained a non-survivable head injury; the passengers…
29y · Male·Incised injury to the neck
Benjamin Browne, 29, died from a neck laceration sustained during acute behavioural disturbance in August 2018. He had diagnosed major depression with an…
46y · Male·Complications of self-inflicted incised injuries to the neck
… found him severely injured. He was transported to hospital and died from blood loss due to massive neck lacerations. The coroner found police response complied with operational safety procedures and did not contribute t…
0y · Male·Non-accidental infliction of significant force to the head/face and gum region, …
Jacob, a premature infant born at 29 weeks, was discharged from neonatal care at 11 weeks old and presented to hospital three days later with a subarachnoid haemorrhage and periorbital bruising. Despite being assessed as…
43y · Male·Hypoxic brain injury secondary to haemopericardium and tamponade complicating ru…
…ion causing pericardial bleeding and tamponade. Following initial pericardiocentesis, he likely suffered laceration of the right ventricular outflow tract (RVOT), possibly from the drainage needle inserted without ultras…
53y · Male·Right ventricular tear due to blunt chest trauma sustained in a motor vehicle in…
A 53-year-old male died from a right ventricular tear sustained in a motor vehicle collision after failing to give way at a signed intersection. He was driving unlicensed at the time. Toxicology detected methylamphetamin…
46y · Male·Stab wound of the chest and abdomen
Gregory Piperidis (46) died from a stab wound to the chest during a basement burglary incident on 26 June 2021 at Alfred Hospital, Melbourne. He and his friend were stealing bicycles when confronted by apartment resident…
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 between ledges on an open cliff face, the ground…
30y · Male·exsanguination due to division of left brachial artery
…hilip Michael Harris, aged 30, died in Yatala Labour Prison from exsanguination following self-inflicted lacerations to his left forearm that severed the brachial artery. He had a longstanding history of self-harm behavi…
72y · Female·multi-organ failure secondary to poly-trauma and likely bee-sting related toxidr…
Elaine Betty Sime, a 72-year-old fit and healthy woman, died from multi-organ failure following poly-trauma and bee sting toxidrome after a tree fell on her during a walk. The tree at Ruffey Lake Park Trail failed due to…
79y · Female·Complications of injuries sustained in a motor vehicle collision (passenger)
…nary car on the Maroondah Highway. She sustained T10 vertebral fracture, multiple rib fractures, hepatic lacerations, and sternal fracture. Subsequent MRI revealed multiple brain infarcts (strokes), which significantly c…
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