104 results for “skull fractures”
24y · Male·depressed and linear fractures of the back and base of skull and fractures to th…
…ammer 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 were called. The b…
68y · Male·Head injuries (multiple skull fractures with subdural and subarachnoid haemorrha…
…s while fishing at Frenchman's Bluff, South Australia. He was found face-down in a rock pool with multiple skull fractures, subdural and subarachnoid haemorrhages. His companion witnessed the incident but could not dete…
37y · Female·blunt head trauma with skull fractures
…e by Royston Henry Sturt. Forensic pathology confirmed death resulted from blunt head trauma with multiple skull fractures consistent with two blows from a steel bar. The coroner's finding establishes that Sturt was res…
89y · Male·Traumatic intracranial haemorrhage and skull fractures following a fall, on a ba…
… a doorframe despite wearing protective headgear. CT imaging showed traumatic intracranial haemorrhage and skull fractures with significant brain swelling. He was transferred to Flinders Medical Centre, where palliative…
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 examination revealed multiple head injuries from a wrench used in self-defence …
25y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained in a motor vehicle crash, including basal skull frac…
…as not wearing a seatbelt, and crossed into the opposing lane. He sustained fatal injuries including basal skull fractures, cervical vertebral fractures, and multiple other traumatic injuries. The coroner found that wea…
64y · Male·Multiple severe injuries including skull fractures, vertebral fractures, bilater…
…eared confused about his location and direction of travel. He sustained multiple severe injuries including skull fractures, vertebral fractures, pneumothoraces, and pelvic fractures. This was a preventable death related…
73y · Female·head injuries suffered in a fall; skull fractures with bruising to the brain and…
…lost balance after walking down approximately three of ten stairs, landing head-first and sustaining fatal skull fractures with subarachnoid haemorrhage. Pacemaker data showed brief ventricular tachycardia and asystole …
33y · Male·Undetermined
…keletal remains were found in September 2015 in nearby bushland. Forensic examination revealed peri-mortem skull fractures, but the exact cause of death could not be determined due to skeletal remains condition and sign…
20y · Male·Hinge fracture base of skull and vault of skull fractures with closed head injur…
Joshua Luke Ortlepp, aged 20, died from skull fractures sustained in a motor vehicle collision while being pursued by police. He had consumed alcohol (B…
62y · Male·Blunt head injuries sustained in a workplace tree-felling accident
…t on 21 May 2015. He was admitted to Royal Brisbane Hospital with unsurvivable injuries including multiple skull fractures, traumatic brain injury, and aspiration pneumonia, and died 13 days later. The coroner found tha…
44y · Male·head and neck injuries with terminal palliative care
Trent Robertson, 44, died from severe head and neck injuries sustained in a high-speed motorcycle crash on 27 May 2018 after evading a brief police traffic stop. Police observed him speeding at 92 km/h in a 60 km/h zone,…
20y · Female·severe closed head injury with associated basal skull fractures
A 20-year-old woman died from severe closed head injury with basal skull fractures after being struck by a motor vehicle. The driver had a blood alcohol level of 0.07–0.17% at the…
85y · Female·Complications following a fall
…all sustained when pushed by another resident with dementia at an aged care facility. The autopsy revealed skull fracture, extradural haemorrhage, and rib fractures leading to pneumonia. Staff responded appropriately to…
38y · Male·head injury
…companion Julian Hill. Barns was struck and rolled over the taxi, sustaining fatal head injuries including skull base fractures. He died 4 days later at Royal Melbourne Hospital. Clinical review identified no issues wit…
35y · Male·Cerebral lacerations associated with comminuted fractures of cranial vault and b…
David Cunliffe, aged 35, died from severe cerebral lacerations and comminuted skull fractures sustained when ejected from a vehicle during a rollover accident on Jungfer Road, Lobethal, Sout…
80y · Male·Complications of vertebral artery and right carotid artery vascular injuries (op…
…erious nature of injuries (bilateral vertebral artery dissection, right carotid artery dissection, complex skull base and cervical fractures, bilateral cerebellar strokes) made severe disability or death the most likely…
22y · Male·cerebral trauma associated with skull fractures
A 22-year-old male died from cerebral trauma and skull fractures after colliding with a soccer goalpost while riding an unregistered, unlit motorcycle without a …
43y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained in a motorcycle incident (rider)
…lighting the catastrophic injuries sustained when motorcycles collide with heavy vehicles—multiple spine fractures, skull fractures, subarachnoid haemorrhage, complete midbrain transection, and complete aortic transecti…
40y · Male·Traumatic head injury sustained in an e-bike incident
…jury and seizure-like symptoms, was intubated and evacuated by helicopter, but suffered multiple cranial fractures with intracranial bleeding that proved non-survivable. The bicycle was mechanically sound with no eviden…
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