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Male·Multiple injuries due to or as a consequence of a motor vehicle accident (pedest…
James Sidney Murphy, a pedestrian, was struck by a vehicle driven by Tony Leonard Rice on 17 August 2019 outside a hotel in Rockhampton, Queensland. Murphy died from multiple injuries on 18 August 2019. The critical issu…
59y · Male·Multiple injuries due to motor vehicle collision (motorcyclist)
John Norman Spence, 59, died from multiple injuries sustained in a motorcycle collision with a Mercedes sedan driven by an 89-year-old man with undiagnosed vascular dementia. The driver had an expired medical certificate…
31y · Male·Burns
31-year-old George Grimes with longstanding schizophrenia was found threatening self-immolation after consuming alcohol and missing antipsychotic medication. Despite police de-escalation attempts, he doused himself with …
Male·Multiple injuries due to aircraft crash (pilot was Martinus Van Hattem)
Two people died when a YAK 52 aerobatic aircraft impacted the sea at high speed near South Stradbroke Island, Queensland on 5 June 2019. The pilot, Martinus Van Hattem (aged 52), had limited experience flying the aircraf…
41y · Male·Gunshot and shrapnel wounds to the body (SC Forte); Gunshot wound to the chest a…
Senior Constable Brett Forte was fatally shot by Ricky Maddison during a police pursuit in rural Queensland on 29 May 2017. Maddison, a high-risk domestic violence offender wanted on multiple warrants, had evaded police …
71y · Male·Acute myeloid leukaemia due to transformation from chronic myelomonocytic leukae…
Peter Timms, a 71-year-old prisoner with multiple comorbidities, died from acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) transformed from chronic myelomonocytic leukaemia. He made over 40 health service requests while incarcerated, incl…
45y · Male·Intra-abdominal haemorrhage due to ruptured spleen due to splenomegaly due to ci…
Hayward Rasmussen, a 45-year-old man with cirrhosis and severe splenomegaly, died from intra-abdominal haemorrhage due to ruptured spleen while in custody. He collapsed in prison after sustaining possible rib injuries fr…
76y · Male·Multiple injuries due to tractor rollover (driver)
A 76-year-old man died from crush injuries sustained in a tractor rollover on his rural property. The early-model 1950s tractor lacked a roll-over protective structure (ROPS) and was inadequately ballasted at the front, …
8y · Male·ischaemic bowel due to strangulated small bowel obstruction secondary to congeni…
An eight-year-old boy with autism spectrum disorder (level 1) died from ischaemic bowel due to strangulated small bowel obstruction from a rare congenital band adhesion. He presented to a regional hospital with abdominal…
Female·Multiple injuries and traumatic asphyxia due to motor vehicle injuries
Miss Madeleine Kate Moroney died in a single-vehicle rollover on a rural unsealed road near Windorah, Queensland on 12 August 2017. The coroner determined she was driving the vehicle at the time of the accident. Both she…
70y · Male·Coronary atherosclerosis
Mirko Civic, a 70-year-old prisoner with a significant cardiac history including prior myocardial infarction, hypertension, and ischaemic heart disease, died of coronary atherosclerosis in September 2018. Critical clinic…
45y · Male·Haemorrhagic transformation of cerebral infarction, due to bilateral internal ca…
David Smith, aged 45, died from haemorrhagic transformation of cerebral infarction secondary to essential thrombocytosis with bilateral internal carotid artery thrombosis. He developed an acute ischaemic stroke on 9 July…
41y · Male·Gunshot wounds to the head and torso
Duy Linh Ho, a 41-year-old man with long-standing substance use disorder and untreated mental health issues, died from gunshot wounds after a police response to his self-harm and suicidal crisis. He had used methamphetam…
64y · Male·Peritonitis, due to or as a consequence of a ruptured gallbladder, due to or as …
Dennis Childs, a 64-year-old Indigenous man serving a life sentence, died from peritonitis secondary to a ruptured gallbladder. On 8 December 2018, he presented with abdominal pain at the correctional centre but refused …
73y · Male·Coronary atherosclerosis with hypertension, diabetes mellitus, emphysema and per…
John William Chardon, a 73-year-old prisoner, died from coronary atherosclerosis with severe calcified atheroma causing >70% stenosis of coronary arteries. He presented with dizziness on 21 October 2020, which initially …
26y · Male·Multiple injuries due to motorcycle collision (driver)
26-year-old Damian Lawton died in a motorcycle crash after riding through a Stop sign at high speed while being followed by a police officer attempting an interception. The rider was unlicensed, riding an unregistered mo…
86y · Male·Traumatic Subdural Haemorrhage
An 86-year-old man died from traumatic subdural haemorrhage after being struck by a malfunctioning roller door at his apartment complex. While attempting to push a bin into the garage, the remotely-controlled door descen…
76y · Male·Small bowel obstruction and acute renal failure, due to or as a consequence of m…
Adrian Adams, aged 76, died in Princess Alexandra Hospital from small bowel obstruction and acute renal failure secondary to metastatic colorectal cancer. He was serving an eight-year sentence for sexual offences at the …
30y · Male·Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy
Vanelee Mitchell, a 30-year-old First Nations man with epilepsy, died suddenly in custody at Townsville Correctional Centre on 10 April 2020. He had suffered a head injury in 2014 resulting in acquired brain injury and s…
41y · Male·Stab wound to the chest
Jack, a 41-year-old man with extensive history of domestic violence perpetration across multiple relationships, died from a stab wound to the chest inflicted by his partner Sally during a domestic disturbance. Sally had …
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