24y · Male·depressed and linear fractures of the back and base of skull and fractures to th…
…n the head with a hammer during an altercation while intoxicated with alcohol and cannabis. He sustained depressed and linear skull fractures and cervical vertebral fractures and died at the scene. No emergency services…
30y · Male·head injury occasioned by impact with a moving vehicle moving at speed
Matthew Mitchell, 30 years old, died from a severe head injury sustained when struck by a moving vehicle on Graham Drive, Sandy Beach on 17 August 2013. He remained comatose for one month before dying at Royal North Shor…
19y · Male·Head injury: depressed stellate (star-shaped) fracture of skull with diffuse sub…
A 19-year-old male died from severe head injury (depressed stellate skull fracture with subarachnoid haemorrhage) sustained when a stolen motorcycle he was riding …
28y · Male·Multiple injuries following a motor vehicle crash while concurrently suffering f…
A 28-year-old Aboriginal man died from severe traumatic brain injury following a high-speed motor vehicle crash. He was unlicensed, driving another's vehicle, and had a blood alcohol level of 0.205% (over 3x legal limit)…
16y · Female·Respiratory arrest due to the depressant effect of opiate medication
Vanessa Anderson, 16, suffered a depressed skull fracture from a golf ball strike and was admitted to Royal North Shore Hospital. She died from res…
45y · Male·Blunt trauma of the head sustained when struck by an industrial fishing rope
…. The rope suddenly flew off the capstan, striking him in the head with catastrophic force, causing severe skull fractures and fatal brain injury. The coroner found this was a tragic, unforeseen and unforeseeable accide…
33y · Male·Crush injury to the head (depressed right temporoparietal skull fracture)
A 33-year-old man died from crush injuries to the head while working on a Land Rover at home. He was working alone beneath the vehicle supported by a single jack stand when it failed and the vehicle crushed him. The jack…
7y · Male·head injuries from ejection onto rocky riverbank during boating accident
A 7-year-old boy died from catastrophic head injuries after being ejected from a ski biscuit during a recreational boating accident on the Prosser River in Tasmania. The vessel operator was towing the child at excessive …
56y · Male·Pulmonary thromboemboli due to deep vein thrombosis due to immobility due to hea…
A 56-year-old concreter died from pulmonary embolism secondary to deep vein thrombosis and immobility following a severe head injury sustained when struck by a concrete pump hose that had undergone hose whip. The hose bl…
21y · Male·Gross cerebral trauma due to multiple comminuted depressed fractures of skull du…
Gareth Dodunski, a 21-year-old floorhand, was fatally struck by an ST-80 Iron Roughneck tool on 23 June 2013 while setting a dog collar on a drill string. The driller, Jacob Kilby, activated the ST-80 in a moment of inad…
38y · Male·gunshot wound to the left side of the neck resulting in basal skull fracture, su…
… a medical emergency warranting stronger mental health intervention; the risk that medication changes in depressed patients can transiently worsen symptoms requiring close monitoring; and that alcohol intoxication profo…
24y · Female·Head injury from repeated blunt force trauma
A 24-year-old woman was fatally assaulted by her intimate partner after a period of escalating domestic and family violence. The perpetrator had a documented history of violent DFV across multiple relationships, with pri…
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