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46y · Male·Complications arising from hyperthermia, with alcohol intoxication and underlyin…
A 46-year-old man with epilepsy, hypertension, and COPD died after prolonged exposure to heat in a locked vehicle on a hot day in Darwin. He had been drinking heavily and was left sleeping in the car while companions vis…
61y · Male·Multiple blunt force injuries sustained in motor vehicle versus cyclist collisio…
A 61-year-old experienced cyclist was struck by a Toyota Landcruiser at a Stuart Highway intersection in Darwin at 5:54 am while riding on the road in dark conditions. Multiple factors compromised visibility: a malfuncti…
78y · Female·cardiorespiratory failure, ischaemic and hypertensive heart disease together wit…
Barbara Francis, a 78-year-old resident with dementia at Pearl Supported Care in the dementia unit (Dinah), was punched by another resident (Mr A) on 4 September 2018 and fell backward onto her right hip, sustaining an o…
25y · Male·Gunshot wound to the head
Jason Walter Challis, a 25-year-old rifleman with only 10 months of Defence Force training, was fatally shot in the head during an urban operations live fire exercise at Mount Bundey on 10 May 2017. He was positioned beh…
44y · Male·coronary artery disease superimposed upon chronic obstructive pulmonary disease …
John Benedict Munkara died at age 44 following cardiac arrest while in police custody after being found at Vestey's Beach. He had suffered severe, chronic alcohol abuse with multiple protective custody episodes. Critical…
30y · Male·traumatic asphyxiation
Styles Isaac King, an Aboriginal man aged 30, died from traumatic asphyxiation following restraint by crowd controllers at a bar in Katherine, Northern Territory. During an altercation, he was held face-down on the floor…
8y · Male·accidental suffocation (mechanism unknown)
An eight-week-old Aboriginal male infant died from accidental suffocation in circumstances of co-sleeping with his heavily intoxicated mother, young sister, and an adult male on a soft mattress with pillows. The coroner,…
20y · Male·acute heat stress (circumstances undetermined)
Michael Campbell, aged 20 months, died on 18 April 2008 from acute heat stress. He was placed in his bedroom cot by his mother after returning home from grandparents' house. He was found unconscious and extremely hot app…
18y · Male·acute multiple drug toxicity
Matthew Hinton, an 18-year-old male, died from acute multiple drug toxicity after consuming nine LSD tablets and methamphetamine. Police attended at approximately 5:30am when called to a disturbance, but a critical delay…
Male·Angel Blanco-Puerto: acute heart failure as result of long-standing damage from …
Four men died from acute heart failure after ambulance officers declined or inadequately pursued hospital transport. In Angel Blanco-Puerto, no potentially life-threatening condition was identified at the time. However, …
58y · Male·Multiple injuries occasioned in a motor vehicle accident (broken neck, ruptured …
Clifford Brown, an Aboriginal man aged 58, died from multiple injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident on 18 December 2004 at Barrow Creek, NT. The central clinical issue was the inadequate emergency assessment and…
37y · Male·Coronary Atherosclerosis
Muhammad Heri, a 37-year-old Indonesian fisherman, died from coronary atherosclerosis while detained in Darwin Harbour on 28 April 2005. He had been held on his fishing vessel for 7 days without medical examination follo…
25y · Male·acute heat stroke
Trooper Angus Lawrence, a 25-year-old soldier, died from acute heat stroke on 10 November 2004 during a military training exercise at Mount Bundey, NT. He collapsed during a patrol and despite rapid evacuation and intens…
26y · Male·Suicidal cut throat
A 26-year-old Aboriginal male, Marcellus Tipiloura, died from a self-inflicted cut throat while police and emergency services were attending. He had made threats to kill himself and his wife after consuming alcohol and c…
43y · Female·stab wound to the chest; contributing factors were aspiration of stomach content…
A 43-year-old Aboriginal woman died from a stab wound to the chest in circumstances that remain unclear. She had a complex history of depression, alcohol dependence, and family crisis (children removed from her care). Sh…
24y · Male·heart failure resulting from severe coronary artery disease with prior myocardia…
A 24-year-old Aboriginal man from a remote community collapsed and died from heart failure while heavily intoxicated on city streets. He had severe coronary artery disease with prior myocardial infarction but had never r…
37y · Male·Coronary artery thrombosis resulting from coronary atherosclerosis with contribu…
Marshall Yantarrnga, a 37-year-old Aboriginal man with significant cardiac history (prior mitral valve replacement in 1996), presented with chest and right-sided pain, fever, and was assessed by ambulance officers on 29 …
35y · Male·left lower lobe pneumonia
Stephen John Power died of left lower lobe pneumonia on 5 September 2003 after two failed emergency calls requesting ambulance assistance. On Thursday 4 September, dispatcher Coralie Holland failed to send an ambulance d…
17y · Male·stab wound to the right side of the chest penetrating the lower right lung
Isiah Roberts, 17, died from a stab wound to the chest sustained during an altercation at Bagot Community. Stephen Barnes, whom Roberts had beaten one week prior, was identified as the assailant. The injury penetrated th…
20y · Male·Undetermined cause (seizure-like episode with rapid death, epilepsy ruled out on…
Mansur La Ibu, a 20-year-old Indonesian fisherman, died suddenly on 26 February 2003 while detained on the fishing vessel Yamdena moored at Darwin Harbour. He experienced a seizure-like episode while confined in a small …
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