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50y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained in collision between semi-trailer and train
A comprehensive coronial investigation into 26 deaths from 12 level crossing collisions in Victoria (2002-2009), with particular focus on the Kerang incident (5 June 2007) in which 11 train passengers died when a semi-tr…
83y · Male·Acute blood loss and shock/trauma in a man with cardiomegaly, myocardial fibrosi…
This coronial finding examines the deaths of 11 train passengers in the Kerang level crossing collision on 5 June 2007, where a semi-trailer struck a V/Line passenger train. The investigation found that 6 passengers died…
17y · Female·Multiple injuries sustained in collision between semi-trailer and train
On 5 June 2007, a semi-trailer collided with a V/Line passenger train at Kerang level crossing in Victoria, killing 11 passengers. The driver was familiar with the crossing but failed to see flashing red warning lights a…
32y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained when struck by semi-trailer at level crossing
In 2007, a semi-trailer collided with a V/Line train at the Kerang level crossing in regional Victoria, killing 11 train passengers. The driver, Christian Scholl, did not see the flashing red-filtered incandescent lights…
5y · Female·Multiple injuries sustained in a collision between a semi-trailer and a V/Line p…
A semi-trailer collided with a V/Line passenger train at a level crossing near Kerang on 5 June 2007, killing 11 passengers instantly or within hours. The collision was caused by a heavy vehicle driver unfamiliar with th…
46y · Female·Multiple injuries sustained in collision between semi-trailer and train; tension…
On 5 June 2007, a semi-trailer collided with a V/Line passenger train at Kerang level crossing in Victoria, killing 11 train passengers immediately and one more (Harold Long) during transfer. The driver (Mr Scholl) faile…
13y · Male·chest and abdominal injuries sustained in collision between semi-trailer and tra…
A 13-year-old boy, Matthew Stubbs, died when a semi-trailer collided with a V/Line passenger train at the Kerang level crossing on 5 June 2007, killing 11 train passengers total. The driver failed to see the train despit…
26y · Male·Multiple injuries from collision between semi-trailer and train at level crossin…
On 5 June 2007, a semi-trailer collided with a V/Line passenger train at the Kerang level crossing, killing 11 passengers. The driver had crossed this crossing hundreds of times without seeing a train, was familiar with …
Blunt force trauma sustained in level crossing collisions between heavy vehicles…
Coronial investigation into 26 deaths at 12 level crossing incidents in Victoria between 2002-2009, with focus on the Kerang incident (5 June 2007) where 11 train passengers died after a semi-trailer collided with a pass…
63y · Male·Ischaemic heart disease and aortic stenosis
Walter Leonard Colyer, a 63-year-old man with intellectual disability living in supported residential care, died suddenly from ischaemic heart disease and aortic stenosis while visiting his sister. He had known aortic st…
41y · Female·Multiple injuries due to impact by train
Joy Apostolopoulos, a 41-year-old woman with schizophrenia and depression, died by suicide when struck by a train after absconding from a locked psychiatric ward at Alfred Hospital. She had been on escorted leave, became…
0y · Female·Hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy arising from thrombosis in Blalock-Taussig shun…
Holly South, an 8-month-old with complex congenital heart disease requiring a Blalock-Taussig shunt, died of hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy from thrombosis in her shunt after presenting to hospital with vomiting and si…
28y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained in a motor vehicle collision (driver)
Jesse Sangster, 28, died from injuries sustained in a high-speed motor vehicle collision while intoxicated. He had a 12-year history of bipolar affective disorder with comorbid substance abuse disorder, personality disor…
42y · Female·Global hypoxic-ischaemic brain injury due to upper airway obstruction by food bo…
Lucia Di Pietro, a 42-year-old woman with severe autism and epilepsy living in Department of Human Services disability accommodation, choked on roast beef during supervised dinner on 1 August 2010. Emergency services arr…
1y · Female·Chest injuries
Angela Bannister, aged 22 months, died from extensive chest injuries sustained overnight in her mother's care. On 18 July 2008, she had a minor head injury and alleged dog bite at a shopping centre. When examined at hosp…
1y · Female·Oxycodone toxicity
Ellzbeth Rebecca Robins, a 1-year-old girl, died from Oxycodone toxicity after ingesting an 80mg Oxycontin tablet on 24 February 2010. Her father took Oxycontin for arthritis, stored in a bedroom drawer. A Piroxicam tabl…
5y · Male·Pneumococcal meningitis (fulminant, serotype 29)
Rupert Kaine Rafferty, a 5-year-old boy, died from fulminant pneumococcal meningitis (serotype 29) on 23 April 2010. He was examined by his paediatrician on 19 April with upper respiratory symptoms and appeared well with…
16y · Female·Myocardial fibrosis (post myocarditic) resulting in fatal cardiac arrhythmia
Geordie Rose Duguid, 16 years old, collapsed and died at a private party after vomiting in a toilet. She had a history of glandular fever diagnosed late 2009. Post-mortem examination revealed myocardial fibrosis with wid…
29y · Male·Hypoxia as a result of cardiac arrest (ventricular fibrillation) from unknown ca…
David Thomas, 29, collapsed from ventricular fibrillation while exercising at a Melbourne fitness centre on 3 October 2007 and died from hypoxic brain injury. The critical failure was inadequate pre-hospital response: on…
60y · Male·Neck injury, specifically fracture of the odontoid peg of the second cervical ve…
Gary Witcombe, a 60-year-old man, died from a fractured odontoid peg of the second cervical vertebra with associated spinal cord damage sustained during a physical altercation at a family birthday party. The injury cause…
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