Coroner’s Informal Assessment – Key Observations Regarding Mechanism of Fatal Injury

“I’ve worked as a funeral director for 18 years, with seven of those directly involving duties for the coroner — including recovery of deceased individuals from road traffic accidents involving buses and lorries. In every case where someone was struck and run over, the physical result was unmistakably consistent: catastrophic flattening. Blunt force trauma does not produce precision. It crushes everything in its path.

That’s why this case raises serious red flags. The deceased’s chest cavity retained its full profile — there was no evidence of crush injury at all. The neck, however, had a clean severance. No damage to the jaw, no cranial flattening, no distortion of bone structure. Just a near-surgical separation.

I measured a standard bus tyre — approximately 20 to 25 centimetres in width. It’s physically impossible for a tyre of that size, under normal conditions, to cleanly sever a human head without crushing surrounding areas. No known traffic incident involving buses produces decapitation in this manner.

I’ve seen footage. In one clip, a young bystander picks up the severed head, recoils in horror, and drops it. Aside from being detached, the head showed no other injuries. That’s not consistent with any case I’ve ever handled where a pedestrian was struck.

The police urged the public not to circulate imagery — likely because, in this case, the photos are the evidence. They challenge the official narrative.”

wJAOC COMMENT

Ordinarily, fatalities involving this level of severity would prompt clear public safety warnings, detailed investigative disclosures, and coordinated responses across agencies. Instead, the opacity surrounding Michael’s case suggests either a systemic failure or deliberate suppression. It raises pressing questions: Was there industrial negligence? Are political interests involved? Is reputational damage being managed behind closed doors?
In response to this institutional hush, I’ve launched a series of targeted Freedom of Information requests aimed at unearthing withheld details — from internal emails and safety assessments to ministerial meetings and agency communications. This isn’t just about one case; it’s about demanding accountability in a system that too often defaults to silence when transparency is most vital.  Until there are answers, I won’t stop digging.

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