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Female·Hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy following hypovolaemic shock and multi-organ fa…
Helani Sirianni, born 8 February 2008, died less than 3 days later from subgaleal haemorrhage and multi-organ failure. She was delivered by vacuum extraction after labour complicated by fetal distress. The vacuum extract…
Female·Acute Necrotising Pulmonary Disease, probably Goodpasture's Syndrome
Julia McLean died of Acute Necrotising Pulmonary Disease, probably Goodpasture's Syndrome, while working as a shearing hand in rural Walgett, NSW. The coroner found no clinical error but identified gaps in occupational e…
8y · Male·bacterial meningitis that had not been diagnosed by a number of clinicians who h…
Eight-year-old Isaraelu Pele died of bacterial meningitis missed by multiple clinicians despite three hospital presentations and two GP visits between 14–17 December 2007. Critical failures included: inadequate different…
drowning
This joint inquest examined eight deaths of children aged 14 months to 3 years who drowned in home swimming pools in NSW between June 2006 and January 2009. The coroner concluded all deaths were preventable. Contributing…
81y · Female·Strangulation by person(s) unknown
Katherine Schweitzer, 81 years old, was found strangled in a garbage bin in her Bellevue Hill apartment on 27 December 2006. The coroner found that she was murdered by strangulation by person(s) unknown. Evidence suggest…
14y · Female·Multiple injuries and drowning as a result of collision between ferry Pam Burrid…
On 28 March 2007, the ferry Pam Burridge collided with the motor cruiser Merinda in Sydney Harbour, killing four people: Dr B., James Engert, Morgan Innes (aged 14), and Simone Moore. The collision occurred at 10:50pm ne…
11y · Female·Drowning following entrapment on the active main drain of the spa pool
An 11-year-old girl drowned in a spa pool at a residential apartment complex after becoming entrapped on an active main drain filter. The drain had been completely blocked during construction by cement, aggregate, and ot…
34y · Female·Multiple injuries sustained when she stepped off the ledge of a second-floor win…
Rebekah Anne Lawrence, a 34-year-old woman, died on 20 December 2005 after jumping from a second-floor window at her workplace (Royal Australian College of Physicians) in Sydney. Two days after attending an intensive sel…
Unknown·Severe hypoxia due to bilateral pneumonia and severe ischaemic heart disease
Donald Ian Fairbairn, a resident of Yagoona Nursing Home, died at Bankstown Hospital on 23 September 2006 from severe hypoxia due to bilateral pneumonia and severe ischaemic heart disease. The coroner's inquest identifie…
Male·Drowning following closed head and neck injury sustained when aircraft crashed i…
Colin Pay died on 7 December 2007 when the experimental aircraft he was testing crashed into Lake Liddell, Muswellbrook while conducting trials of a water extraction process for fire bombing operations. The crash caused …
Male·Multiple injuries inflicted when struck by a motor vehicle on the F3 freeway nea…
Senior Constable Peter Gordon Wilson, a NSW highway patrol officer, was struck by a motor vehicle while conducting stationary speed enforcement on the F3 freeway near Somersby on 11 November 2006 and died from multiple i…
29y · Female·Multisystem organ failure following postpartum haemorrhage due to atonic uterus
Rebecca Murray, 29, died from multisystem organ failure following postpartum haemorrhage after an emergency caesarean section at Bathurst Base Hospital on 24–25 June 2007. The coroner found her death preventable. Key cli…
25y · Female·Multiple injuries sustained from accidental fall from cliff edge
Sarah Anne Rawson, a 25-year-old woman recovering from a serious road traffic accident that had left her with restricted mobility, died when she fell approximately 70 metres from a cliff edge at Hargraves Lookout in the …
Male·Dehydration
A 17-year-old final year high school student died from dehydration on 11 December 2006 during a bushwalk in the Blue Mountains National Park undertaking what he believed was a Duke of Edinburgh Award expedition. After be…
17y · Female·Homicidal violence of undetermined aetiology
Michelle Loraine Bright, a 17-year-old schoolgirl, was found dead on 2 March 1999 near Barney's Reef Road in Gulgong, NSW, having been missing since 26–27 February 1999. The forensic pathologist determined the cause of d…
54y · Male·Died by hanging while suffering from the effects of Post-traumatic Stress Disord…
A 54-year-old NSW police officer died by suicide while suffering from PTSD and Bipolar Disorder. He had witnessed multiple traumatic incidents during his 25-year career and was diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder in 2003. Fr…
Male·Multiple injuries occasioned when his motor vehicle fell from the second level o…
Thomas Lee died from multiple injuries when his Toyota Camry fell nine metres from the second level of Sydney's Carlton Crest car park (Haymarket) after striking and passing through a defective wheel stop and steel safet…
25y · Female·Multiple injuries from motor vehicle accident
Caroline Reilly, 25, an Irish visitor to Australia, was struck and killed by a motor vehicle driven by Zhi Ying Fu while crossing Parramatta Road in Burwood at 4:30 AM on 23 July 2006. The coroner found that the driver's…
8y · Female·Drowning
8-year-old Amarni Dirani drowned at Glenbrook Public Swimming Pool on 15 December 2006 during a school-organised celebration day excursion. The coroner found her death was preventable and resulted from multiple systemic …
Unknown·Drowning resulting from motor vehicle collision with floodwaters caused by road …
Five people—Adam Holt (driver), his partner Roslyn Bragg, and three children (Madison, Jasmine, Travis)—drowned on 8 June 2007 when their vehicle plunged through a void created by Old Pacific Highway collapse at Piles Cr…
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