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164 results for blunt force head trauma

VIC2017-06-29

Finding into death of Robert Richard Hoff

50y · Male·Blunt force trauma to the head and aspiration of gastric content

A 50-year-old male was fatally assaulted while walking to work, suffering blunt force trauma to the head and aspiration of gastric content. Despite extensive investigation by Victoria Po…

forensic medicineemergency medicine
VIChome2014-03-06

Finding into death of Shane Gregory Hunt

48y · Male·Head injury from blunt force trauma

Shane Gregory Hunt died from blunt force trauma to the head sustained during a physical altercation on 26 November 2008 in Werribee. Medical …

forensic medicineneurosurgery
NSWhospital2016-02-26

Inquest into the death of Rhyan Dickson

23y · Male·complications of blunt force head injuries

Rhyan Dickson, aged 22, died on 4 January 2013 at Canterbury Hospital from complications of blunt force head injuries sustained on 16 October 2011 when he was unprovoked and punched by Darryl John Stacey,…

neurosurgeryintensive care
NSWhome2024-11-08

Inquest into the death of Chi Khanh Huynh

52y · Male·Significant blunt head trauma suffered from an assault inflicted by known person…

Chi Khanh Huynh, a 52-year-old man with long-standing drug dependencies and prior head trauma from a September 2018 scooter accident, died following a severe assault by Cheng Chia involving mult…

forensic medicinetoxicologymethamphetamine
VICcommunity2020-02-12

Finding into death of Stephen James Johnston

57y · Male·Complications of multiple blunt force injuries in a man with ischaemic heart dis…

…ber 2016 by Kevin Knowles and Amanda Bourke after an evening of drinking. Johnston suffered 101 documented blunt force injuries including significant head trauma with skull fracture. The assailants left the scene and di…

emergency medicineintensive caredelayoxycodone
NSW2014-06-04

Inquest into the death of Gary McKell

67y · Male·complications of blunt force head injuries

Gary McKell, aged 67, died from complications of blunt force head injury sustained during a physical altercation with his neighbour. After consuming approximatel…

neurosurgeryintensive carealcohol
TAShospital2018-11-19

Coroner's Finding: Williams, Michael David

29y · Male·Head injury following an assault; subdural haemorrhage, cerebral contusions and …

Michael David Williams, aged 29, died from head injury sustained in an unlawful assault at Stainforth Court on 18 February 2011. After spending time drinki…

emergency medicineneurosurgery
TAShome2025-05-12

Coroner's Finding: Ingham, Noel Joseph

58y · Male·Traumatic injury to the head and/or neck, including blunt head trauma with decap…

…by Mr Gale on approximately 28 July 2016. Ingham was attacked in his home in Ulverstone, Tasmania, causing blunt force trauma to his head and resulting in death. Gale then decapitated Ingham's head (never recovered), bu…

VIChome2016-09-16

Finding into death of Brenda Claire Goudge

61y · Female·Asphyxia in the setting of upper airway obstruction, neck compression and immers…

…way obstruction, neck compression, and immersion. Evidence indicated she was attacked in bed and sustained blunt force trauma to her head, face, and neck with defensive injuries suggesting she resisted her attacker. Her…

forensic medicinesystem
VIChospital2020-06-29

Finding into death of Colleen Elizabeth Fermanian

45y · Female·Blunt force trauma to the head

Colleen Fermanian, 45, died from blunt force trauma to the head sustained on 24-25 March 2017. She had a history of heavy alcohol use and advance…

emergency medicineintensive caremidazolam
NSWhome2020-02-26

Inquest into the death of Lynette Bradbury

52y · Female·Head injury from blunt force trauma

Lynette Bradbury, a 52-year-old receptionist at Westmead Hospital, died on 31 October 2011 from a fatal head injury caused by blunt force trauma. She was found face down in her bedroom, bound with duct tape, with a t…

NTcommunity2022-03-07

Inquest into the death of S. Wongaway, D. Wongaway and M.Dixon

Unknown·Blunt force injuries sustained in motor vehicle crash; S Wongaway: blunt force i…

…urve at an estimated 100-142 km/h, colliding with an oncoming utility. All three occupants sustained fatal blunt force injuries. Blood alcohol testing revealed significant intoxication in the deceased. The coroner found…

forensic medicineemergency medicinealcohol
TAS2018-02-16

Coroner's Finding: Thompson, Ian Graham

45y · Male·Blunt trauma of the head sustained when struck by an industrial fishing rope

Ian Thompson, a 45-year-old experienced fish farm worker, died from blunt head trauma sustained when struck by an industrial rope during a routine capstan operation on a fishing ve…

forensic medicineoccupational and environmental healthcannabis
NSWhome2025-09-11

Inquest into the death of H GM

0y · Female·Unascertained

A 9-month-old girl died suddenly on 23 July 2018 following multiple head injuries from blunt force trauma sustained shortly before death. She had presented to medical practitioners…

paediatricsemergency medicinediagnostic
VICcommunity2016-08-31

Finding into death of Leigh Joseph Riley

30y · Male·Head injury; severe traumatic brain injury with global cerebral ischaemic injury…

… Joseph Riley, a 30-year-old man with intellectual disability and substance abuse history, died from severe head injury following a physical altercation. He was punched in the face by an associate during an argument and …

forensic medicinepathologyalcohol
VIChospital2010-08-30

Finding into death of Anthony Rimanich

59y · Male·Complications arising from blunt force trauma to the head consistent with a fall

Anthony Rimanich, a 59-year-old storeman, sustained a fatal head injury at work on 3 June 2008 when he fell while counting stock at a warehouse. He was found unconscious on…

neurosurgerytrauma surgery
NTcommunity

Inquest into the death of Road Death 15 of 2024

20y · Male·Blunt force head and limb injuries from motor vehicle collision

A 20-year-old Aboriginal male pedestrian died from blunt force head and limb injuries sustained in a motor vehicle collision. He was intoxicated (blood alcohol 0.2…

forensic medicineemergency medicinealcohol
TAS2026-02-27

Coroner's Finding: de-identified OR

3y · Male·Multiple blunt force injuries including massive head injury, fractured skull, fr…

A 3-year-old boy died from massive blunt force injuries sustained in a motor vehicle crash when the unsecured child seat in which he was travelling…

methamphetamine
TAScommunity2017-10-23

Coroner's Finding: Kingston, Neil Robert

67y · Male·acute intracranial (subarachnoid) haemorrhage resulting from blunt force trauma …

Neil Robert Kingston, 67, died from acute subarachnoid haemorrhage caused by blunt force trauma to his head when struck by a tree branch while felling a tree. He was not wearing a helmet de…

pathologyemergency medicineproceduralsystem
NSWcommunity2020-02-24

Into the death of Rodney Scarman

52y · Male·Blunt force injuries to head

Rodney Scarman, a 52-year-old man with a history of mental illness and substance use, died from blunt force injuries to the head on 25 December 2011. He was found in a utility closet at his residential comple…

forensic medicinealcohol
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