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Multiple fatal injuries sustained in motor vehicle accident; for driver (Blockle…
Five young workers died in a motor vehicle accident on 7 April 2006 when the driver, aged 20, was travelling at 150-160 km/h and attempted an unsafe overtaking maneuver on the Toowoomba-Cecil Plains Road. The driver lost…
36y · Male·intra-abdominal haemorrhage due to rupture of liver and portal vein
Mulrunji (Cameron Francis Doomadgee), a 36-year-old Aboriginal man, died from intra-abdominal haemorrhage due to liver rupture following an encounter with Senior Sergeant Christopher Hurley at Palm Island Police Station …
36y · Male·massive multiple traumatic injuries, including transection of the trunk of the b…
Christian Paul Beattie, an experienced Cathay Pacific pilot, died when his privately owned Hawk T18 aircraft disintegrated in mid-air near Inglewood, Queensland on 13 September 2005. Investigation concluded the aircraft …
68y · Male·Internal haemorrhage due to coagulopathy and upper gastrointestinal varices, cir…
Robert Donald Rawson, a 68-year-old man with end-stage cirrhosis and multiple comorbidities, died hours after undergoing intercostal catheter insertion for pleural effusion drainage at Rockhampton Hospital. While the pro…
54y · Male·Global cerebral hypoxic injury due to or as a consequence of status epilepticus
Terence James Robinson, 54, died from status epilepticus causing global cerebral hypoxic injury after 16 days at Belmont Private Hospital. He was admitted following a violent altercation with police and attempted suicide…
Multiple injuries sustained in an aircraft accident
On 26 September 2002, a Piper Cherokee Six aircraft crashed near Hamilton Island, Queensland shortly after takeoff, killing all six occupants. The engine malfunctioned immediately after takeoff, likely due to fuel tank s…
39y · Male·Coronary thrombosis caused by coronary atherosclerosis
Lenard Casey, a 39-year-old Aboriginal man with severe coronary artery disease, died of acute coronary thrombosis while in custody. Arrested for assault on his partner, he developed chest pain at the police station and w…
42y · Male·Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP)
Calvin Wayne Bee, a 42-year-old Aboriginal man with chronic alcohol abuse, died from sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) while in police custody in Normanton, Queensland. He was sentenced to six months imprisonme…
0y · Male·Global hypoxic brain necrosis as a result of non-accidental violent shaking of t…
Liam Richard Vidler-Cumming, a three-month-old, died from global hypoxic brain necrosis resulting from non-accidental violent shaking (shaken baby syndrome). He was examined by a neurosurgeon, Dr C., at 9:30am and appear…
68y · Male·pulmonary embolism secondary to immobilisation as a result of subdural haemorrha…
A 68-year-old man with cardiac history presented to Rockhampton Hospital after a fall with head trauma, found unconscious with alcohol intoxication. CT scanning revealed a right subdural haematoma and skull fracture. Con…
Male·Cardiac lacerations due to motor vehicle accident
Colin John Vernon died from cardiac lacerations sustained in a high-speed motor vehicle collision on the Bruce Highway near Gympie. A vehicle driven by David Fitzgerald crossed into the southbound lane striking Vernon's …
Smoke inhalation due to fire
On 23 June 2000, a fire deliberately set by arsonist Robert Paul Long at the Palace Backpackers Hostel in Childers killed 15 people through smoke inhalation. The coroner's investigation identified multiple systemic failu…
24y · Female·asphyxiation due to hanging
Kylie Danielle Hooymans, a 24-year-old woman with depression and anxiety, died by hanging on 13 March 2005 while under community-based mental health care. The coroner found that healthcare providers acted professionally …
17y · Male·Head and chest injuries sustained in a car accident following a police pursuit
Andrew Ioane, aged 17, died when the stolen car he was driving crashed during a 19 km police pursuit lasting 13 minutes through Brisbane suburbs. The pursuit was initiated on suspicion of drink-driving when Ioane stalled…
45y · Male·Coronary artery thrombosis due to coronary artery atheroma
Stuart Ronald Williams, an Aboriginal male aged 45, died in custody at Capricornia Correctional Centre from coronary artery thrombosis secondary to coronary artery atherosclerosis. He had a significant cardiac history wi…
76y · Male·morphine toxicity and carcinomatosis
John Walter Hedges, a 76-year-old man with terminal metastatic cancer, died at Greenslopes Private Hospital following a morphine overdose administered by agency nurse Cornelia Empen. Hedges had two pain management routes…
36y · Male·gunshot wounds to the head and pelvis
Jamie Hewson, a 36-year-old farmer, was killed by police gunshot wounds following an 18-hour siege at his family farm. After allegedly threatening a neighbour with a rifle, a police response escalated from negotiators to…
25y · Male·opiate toxicity (heroin overdose)
Andrew Nicholas Petrelis, a witness protection program participant, was found dead in his Caloundra apartment on 11 September 1995 from opiate toxicity (heroin overdose). He had relocated from Western Australia to Queens…
Male·Internal haemorrhaging as a result of being shot by Constable Mark Newton
Malcolm Robert Bell died from internal haemorrhaging caused by gunshot wounds inflicted by Constable Mark Newton during a police operation on 11 October 2002 in Brisbane. Bell was a suspect in a series of armed bank robb…
Male·Crush injuries sustained when struck by and pinned under a heavy truck wheel as …
Peter Marshall, a senior tyre fitter at a Queensland zinc mine, died from crush injuries after being struck by a 3.5-tonne truck wheel that was explosively released during maintenance. The fatal incident resulted from a …
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