A Tasmanian man died after an ambulance was not sent to him despite his wife calling triple-0 and reporting symptoms consistent with a heart attack. 65-year-old Anton Lukacevich died on January 25 last year after experiencing a heart attack at a relative’s home in Mangalore, north of Hobart. Coroner Simon Cooper found that Mr Lukacevich’s […]
Mon Oct 9, 2023 - 2:30pmA coroner has ruled that the death of a 20-year-old apprentice builder who fell approximately 30 metres from a Clifton Beach cliff last year was a “tragic accident”. 20-year-old Carter Jim Taylor was walking with two of his friends near a high sea cliff in the Cape Deslacs area when he slipped and fell on Saturday April […]
Mon Oct 9, 2023 - 5:00amThe reason behind a tragic crash that resulted in the death of a woman and her 15-year-old grandson last year remains undetermined. Eileen Murfet, a 68-year-old with a good driving record, and her grandson Lachlan Stones passed away after colliding with the back of a stationary truck on the Bass Highway in Latrobe in June […]
Thu Sep 28, 2023 - 5:30pmA coroner has called on parents to educate their children about the dangers of fire and fuels following the tragic death of a three-year-old boy in a Launceston shed fire last year. The boy’s death, deemed accidental by the Tasmania Fire Service, occurred while he was at home with his baby brother and mother, who […]
Thu Sep 28, 2023 - 4:00amA Tasmanian learner driver was not negligent in a fatal crash that killed two of her family members, but ‘inexperienced,’ a new report has found. Brittany Wright lost control of her car on a wet West Tamar Highway at Lanena and crashed into an oncoming van in August 2021. Judy and Donald Riley, Wright’s great […]
Sun Sep 24, 2023 - 5:30amAn American motorcyclist who was killed while taking part in the British Motorcycle Club of Tasmania’s annual Tassie Tour rally on the East Coast last year was “travelling too fast”, a coroner has found. 70-year-old construction company chairman Steve Dishman was visiting the state from Houston when the incident occurred in late March 2022. An experienced motorcycle rider, Dishman […]
Thu Aug 24, 2023 - 5:00amA recent coroners report has revealed ‘concerning practices’ at a Hobart aged care home for the elderly, formerly known as Freemasons Home Lindisfarne, now called Derwent Views. Following the passing of 82-year-old resident Peter Joseph Guy, Coroner Simon Cooper strongly criticised the “poor” cooperation he received from the home’s operator at the time, Masonic Care […]
Tue Aug 15, 2023 - 6:00amA coroner has found that a Tasmanian woman who was killed in an ATV crash last year was ‘travelling too fast’. 82-year-old Joy Hayes died after she lost control of the quad bike she was riding on Scenic Hill Road near Huonville on April 22, 2022. In his newly published findings, Coroner Simon Cooper said Hayes […]
Thu Aug 10, 2023 - 11:48amA Tasmanian man who was killed in a motorcycle accident in his driveway in 2021 was unlicensed and impaired, a Coroner has found. Andrew Quentin Turner, 45, died as a result of multiple blunt traumatic injuries he sustained after colliding with a parked Nissan Patrol in his Rocherlea driveway on 14 August 2021. In his […]
Mon Aug 7, 2023 - 11:00amFollowing the death of a farmer at a Chudleigh in 2020, the Coroner has recommended that some tractors be banned in Tasmania. 67-year-old Ian John Barwick was killed after he was run over by a tractor while removing hay bales at his farm west of Launceston on June 9 2020. In her newly published findings, Coroner […]
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