The glider then descended in a spiral and hit the concrete and asphalt runway, and Miss Preston sustained a severe head injury.

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Mai-Lea Falla, seven, a pupil at Vale Junior School, suffered a severe head injury when she was hit in Summerfield Road last November.

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On the evening of 9 December 2009 shortly before Barry McCarney brought Millie to the Erne Hospital in a lifeless state, the prosecution say she suffered a severe head injury which caused her death.

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"The blast caused a violent collision between her head and the escape hatch area of the vehicle, causing a severe and fatal head injury, " it said.

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Types of injuries which would be sent to the Royal Cornwall Hospital include chest pains, strokes, head injury with loss of consciousness, severe abdominal pain and all severely ill children.

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At the extreme end of the scale, the consequences of head injury are death, persistent vegetative state or severe physical and mental disablement.

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Co-accused Andrew Henderson had been jailed for three years after admitting attacking Jones to his severe injury and permanent disfigurement by striking him on the head with a knife.

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The pathologist reported that there was "unequivocal evidence" of severe impact injury to the back of the skull, with other possible injuries to the front and side of the head.

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