25y · Male·gastro-intestinal haemorrhage due to erosive gastritis in association with acute…
…y 2002 from gastro-intestinal haemorrhage due to erosive gastritis in association with acute-on-chronic amphetamine toxicity. He had consumed a large dose of methylamphetamine (3.9 mg/L blood level), which caused aggres…
20y · Male·drowning
…ing in the South Esk River near Perth, Tasmania on 30 May 2015. He had consumed significant alcohol and amphetamine at a social gathering and became agitated after a brief interaction with friends. He walked toward the …
44y · Male·Cardiac arrhythmia in the setting of struggle, neck compression and amphetamine …
… history of illicit drug use, died from cardiac arrhythmia triggered by struggle, neck compression, and amphetamine use. He entered a woman's home without permission on 11 December 2015 and, when confronted, became viol…
25y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained in a motor vehicle incident (driver)
… on Widford Street, Broadmeadows. Clinical lessons include the significant role of drug impairment (methamphetamine at 0.5mg/L) in impairing driving ability and decision-making, which may have contributed to his loss of…
34y · Male·Severe chest injury with fractures to ribs and sternum, internal bleeding, lacer…
…s riding a stolen, high-performance Ducati motorcycle with a false number plate, intoxicated with methylamphetamine (impairing judgment), at excessive speed on West Coast Highway. Police had briefly attempted to stop hi…
26y · Male·Restraint asphyxia compounded by the effects of amphetamine abuse and extreme ex…
Michael Eddy, a 26-year-old amphetamine user with a criminal history, died from restraint asphyxia compounded by amphetamine effects and extrem…
33y · Male·Gunshot wound to the head
A 33-year-old man with paranoid schizophrenia, polysubstance dependence (amphetamines/cannabis), and chronic suicidal ideation died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. He had …
15y · Male·Head Injury
…lowing a motor vehicle crash on an unsealed road during a police pursuit. He was intoxicated with methylamphetamine (0.08 mg/L) at the time, a potent stimulant that impairs judgment and increases risk-taking behavior. T…
38y · Male·Multiple gunshot wounds
…y four police officers responding to a hostage situation in Carlisle, WA. Lindsay, intoxicated with methamphetamine and displaying erratic behaviour, took a female Lunch Club employee hostage with a large kitchen knife.…
Unknown·Multiple injuries sustained in motor vehicle collisions
…y the dangerous driving of those evading police, most of whom were significantly intoxicated with methylamphetamine. While some police breaches of Emergency Driving Policy were identified, the coroner found that police …
37y · Male·Sergeant Huitson: gunshot wound to chest and abdomen; Ansell: multiple gunshot w…
…dent on 3 August 1999 where Rodney Ansell, a man suffering from deteriorating mental health and chronic amphetamine abuse, opened fire on the Stuart Highway killing Sergeant Glen Huitson and wounding three civilians. An…
Male·Mahdi Arjomand: unsurvivable head injury incurred at time of motor vehicle crash…
…icle crash in Western Australia on 15 October 2012. All three were significantly intoxicated with methylamphetamine and other drugs at the time of the crash. The driver (Arjomand) suffered a fatal head injury consistent…
32y · Male·Stab wound to chest; alcohol and methylamphetamine intoxication
… by his partner during a domestic violence incident on 24 December 2012. He had been drinking and using amphetamines and cannabis. The autopsy confirmed death resulted from perforation of the heart with associated blood…
34y · Male·gunshot wound to the neck
Clay Hatch, aged 34, with longstanding schizophrenia and recent amphetamine use, became acutely psychotic and took a supermarket cashier hostage at knifepoint after attempting to …
32y · Male·Methamphetamine toxicity in a man with ischaemic heart disease
A 32-year-old male died from methamphetamine toxicity complicated by ischaemic heart disease during police restraint. After a motor vehicle collisio…
34y · Male·ligature compression of the neck (hanging)
Troy William Murray, a 34-year-old man with a long history of substance abuse (primarily amphetamine and alcohol), psychiatric illness, and multiple previous suicide attempts, died by hanging on 11 March …
27y · Male·Head injury
… while overtaking, colliding with a stationary truck. Toxicology revealed he was intoxicated with methylamphetamine and amphetamine, impairing his judgment and risk-taking behavior. The coroner found police did not caus…
28y · Male·gunshot injury of head, self-inflicted
…t wound to the head on or about 21 June 2011 at Coondambo Station, South Australia. He had consumed methamphetamine and amphetamine before embarking on a long-distance solo drive from Darwin to Ballarat, intending to re…
36y · Male·Multiple injuries following a motor vehicle crash; major head trauma with injury…
…co railings and roadside structures, and flipped. Post-mortem and ante-mortem toxicology revealed methylamphetamine in potentially toxic range, alongside amphetamine, alprazolam and methadone. The coroner found his loss…
34y · Male·cardiorespiratory arrest during struggle and restraint in a man with methylamphe…
A 34-year-old man with methylamphetamine intoxication (blood level 1.2 mg/L) and focal coronary artery atherosclerosis died from cardiorespirato…
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