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192 results for blunt force injury

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
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
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
NThospital2024

Inquest into the death of Road Death 32 of 2024

78y · Female·Blunt force chest injuries from motor vehicle crash, compounded by chronic obstr…

A 78-year-old Aboriginal woman died from blunt force chest injuries sustained as a passenger in a single-vehicle run-off crash on a remote road in the No…

emergency medicineintensive care
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
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
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
QLDhospital2016-08-04

Clarke, David Michael

56y · Male·intra-abdominal haemorrhage due to splenic rupture due to blunt force injury to …

David Michael Clarke, aged 56, died from intra-abdominal haemorrhage due to splenic rupture following blunt force injury to his back. The fatal injury occurred after he was kicked by Jeffrey Zinn during a violent a…

emergency medicineintensive caresystemdelay
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 drinking wit…

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…

TAShome2025-07-11

Coroner's Finding: Jupp, Dean Anthony

59y · Male·Blunt force head and chest injuries

…ollowing an aggravated armed robbery at his isolated property on Tasmania's North West Coast. He sustained blunt force injuries to his head and chest during an attack by four assailants who were attempting to steal fire…

NSWhome2017-12-01

Inquest into the death of AF

3y · Female·peritonitis caused by small bowel perforation due to blunt force trauma

…m peritonitis caused by small bowel perforation. Expert evidence established the perforation resulted from blunt force trauma, not natural disease or accidental mechanisms. The manner of injury (accidental vs. inflicted…

paediatric surgerypaediatricscommunicationsystemparacetamol
NSWhome2020-02-26

Inquest into the death of Lynette Bradbury

52y · Female·Head injury from blunt force trauma

…nette 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 towel o…

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
NSWhospital2019-02-07

Inquest into the death of Sharon Bell

53y · Female·cardiorespiratory arrest in a person with blunt force head injury, end-stage liv…

…y on 25 May 2013 aged 53. She had end-stage liver disease with hepatic encephalopathy, had suffered recent blunt force head injuries of unclear origin, and had high blood methadone levels. She presented to Blacktown Hos…

emergency medicineforensic medicinediagnosticcommunicationmethadone
NSWcommunity2011-11-22

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55y · Male·blunt force head injury and its complications sustained during an assault

…ian Gilsenan was assaulted by a person unknown on Bathurst Street, Sydney on 8 February 2008, sustaining a blunt force head injury. He was admitted to Royal North Shore Hospital and died on 24 May 2008 from complication…

NSW2024-11-07

Inquest into the death of Elizabeth Britton

Non-accidental blunt force head injury

…and Byron Bay Local Courts in northern NSW. The coroner found that the deceased died from a non-accidental blunt force head injury sustained in suspicious circumstances. The manner of death remains an open finding—the c…

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
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
TAS2024-04-18

Coroner's Finding: Medcraft, Bobby

23y · Male·Exsanguination due to a chop injury of the posterior right leg using a steel-bla…

…nguination following a sword laceration to his right posterior leg inflicted during a violent assault. The injury completely severed the popliteal artery and vein. While this was a criminal matter resulting in manslaught…

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