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137 results for multiple rib fractures

VIC2025-03-31

Finding into death of John David Hogarth

59y · Male·Injuries sustained in a motorcycle incident (rider)

A 59-year-old experienced motorcyclist died from injuries sustained when his motorcycle lost control on the Western Freeway near Ballan, Victoria. He was riding a roadworthy Harley Davidson when he lost balance after rid…

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VIChospital2017

Finding into death of Mary Fillipas

75y · Female·Complications of multiple injuries sustained when struck by a car (pedestrian)

…uries sustained when struck by a car while crossing Station Street in Burwood on 8 May 2017. She suffered multiple serious injuries including subarachnoid haemorrhage and spinal and rib fractures, requiring intubation an…

trauma surgeryintensive care
TAS2024-12-18

Coroner's Finding: Kleijnendorst, Bastiaan

77y · Male·multiple chest injuries

A 77-year-old man died from multiple chest injuries sustained when a Mini Loader he was operating rolled over and crushed him. He had no prior…

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TAS2020-04-21

Coroner's Finding: Tudor, Adrian David

48y · Male·chest injuries sustained in motor vehicle collision (lacerated aorta, lacerated …

Adrian David Tudor, aged 48, died from chest injuries (lacerated aorta, diaphragm, and lung) sustained in a motor vehicle collision. Mr Tudor was lawfully driving through a green traffic light at 47 km/h when struck on t…

TAS2022-02-01

Coroner's Finding: Griffiths, Deborah Renee

Female·multiple injuries sustained in motor vehicle collision

Mrs Deborah Griffiths died from multiple traumatic injuries sustained as a front-seat passenger in a two-vehicle motor vehicle collision on a wet …

VIChome2026-03-20

Finding into death of HD S

41y · Female·Multiple injuries from assault

… and stable mental health was killed by her adult son through severe blunt force trauma including extensive rib fractures causing flail chest, pneumohaemothorax, liver lacerations, and brain injury. The death followed p…

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TAS2025-10-27

Coroner's Finding: Curtis, John Anthony

36y · Male·Traumatic brain injury, spinal cord infarction at level T6-conus and recurrent p…

… checking for oncoming traffic. The deceased suffered traumatic brain injury, spinal cord infarction, and multiple thoracic injuries including transected aorta and ruptured diaphragm. He received intensive hospital treat…

TAScommunity2021-08-26

Coroner's Finding: Quirk, Stewart James

Male·sternum, rib and thoracic spine fractures, haemothorax and mediastinal haemorrha…

Stewart James Quirk died from thoracic trauma sustained in a motor vehicle collision on 13 October 2020. He was driving a van while speaking on his mobile phone and collided with a taxi at appropriate speed on clear weat…

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TAS2022-11-30

Coroner's Finding: Gurr, Phillip Leslie

54y · Male·Acute severe trauma sustained in a motor vehicle crash, including transected tho…

54-year-old male died in a head-on motor vehicle collision on 13 February 2020. He was driving westbound when his vehicle crossed centre lines into the eastbound lane, colliding with an oncoming vehicle. The cause of lan…

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WA2025-02-03

Inquest into the Deaths of Jesse Kyel DIXON and Nathan Alan RANDALL

17y · Male·Nathan: head injury; Jesse: multiple injuries

… and fog. Nathan collided with trees approximately 500 metres from the observation point. Jesse died from multiple traumatic injuries including rib fractures and splenic laceration; Nathan died from severe head injury wi…

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WA2019-11-14

Inquest into the Death of David Anthony RICE

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. …

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TAS2020-07-29

Coroner's Finding: Thompson, Michael Robert

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. Th…

VIC2018-09-26

Finding into death of Jacob Austin Kermeen

19y · Male·Traumatic asphyxia and multiple injuries sustained in a workplace incident

Jacob Kermeen, a 19-year-old pipe layer, died from traumatic asphyxia following a trench collapse on 4 March 2015. Working in an excavated manhole approximately 3 metres deep, Mr Kermeen exited a protective trench shield…

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QLD2014-06-05

Bennett, Scott Anthony

46y · Male·Hypovolaemic shock due to haemothorax and pneumothorax due to multiple rib fract…

…an intersection, causing the unloaded articulated vehicle to lose control on a low-friction road surface. Multiple contributing factors were identified: defective braking systems on the road train (severely worn brake li…

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NSW2016-03-30

Inquest into the death of James Leslie STOCKS

46y · Male·chest injuries (multiple rib fractures, flail segment, haemopneumothorax); also …

James Leslie Stocks, a 46-year-old man living on an opal mining field in Lightning Ridge NSW, died from chest injuries sustained in a fall into a mine shaft on 7 March 2013. He had consumed significant alcohol, cannabis,…

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VIC2025-12-05

Finding into death of Jennifer Lee Hombsch

68y · Female·Multiple injuries sustained in a motor vehicle incident (pedestrian)

…g. The driver failed to exercise proper caution when turning left at the intersection, resulting in fatal multiple injuries including hepatic rupture, haemopneumothoraces, and subarachnoid haemorrhage. The driver was con…

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TAShome2017-06-26

Coroner's Finding: Johnstone, BJay

<1y · Male·Traumatic head injury

…e traumatic head injury inflicted by his father Simon Johnstone in a household environment. BJay suffered multiple episodes of violence including head trauma, rib fractures, femur fractures, and a skull fracture over the…

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NSW2017-11-09

Inquest into the death of David Veech

35y · Male·Fentanyl toxicity

…nyl toxicity while residing at Tarlo Intensive Residential Support Service. He extracted Fentanyl from prescribed transdermal patches and injected it intravenously. Despite being in a facility designed to provide 24-hou…

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VIChome2025-03-14

Finding into death of Jonathan Mark Townsend

59y · Male·Unascertained

Jonathan Townsend, a 59-year-old Navy veteran with PTSD, alcohol use disorder, and multiple psychiatric comorbidities, died at home on 5 November 2021. The cause of death was unascertained despite …

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WA2016-05-25

Inquest into the Death of Kyal Peter HIRON

Male·Motor vehicle crash injuries; Arjomand: unsurvivable head injury; Hiron: chest a…

… risk-taking behaviour, and potential sudden onset of unconsciousness from acute stimulant intoxication contributed to the crash. The passengers' drug intoxication reduced their physiological capacity to compensate for …

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