The phrase "a tragic consequence of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe an unfortunate result or outcome that arises from a particular action or event.
Example: "The decision to cut funding for the program led to a tragic consequence of increased homelessness in the city."
Alternatives: "an unfortunate result of" or "a sorrowful outcome of".
"This is a tragic consequence of open heart surgery," Mr. Fronk said.
Mass strandings thus seem to be a tragic consequence of social bonding -- which is particularly intense in pilot whales.
The prevalence of these diseases in the Caribbean is at least in part a tragic consequence of the slave trade.
As the encyclical notes, Paul VI first raised the issue as long ago as 1971, describing it as a "tragic consequence" of uncontrolled human activity.
It also described a lack of health insurance and adequate child care for poor families as "a tragic consequence of a nation which chooses to spend only 6 cents on education and 4 cents on health care for every 50 cents it spends on the military".
Some eighty per cent of the deaths occurred in Ukraine, and Applebaum draws on new archival research to show that food scarcity was not simply a tragic consequence of misguided state planning but, rather, a state-orchestrated program "specifically targeted at Ukraine and Ukrainians".
A tragic consequence is a loss of identity.
Granted, he does have the comportment and vocal characteristic of a canine, but this is, in fact, the tragic consequence of a botched elective surgery that Scooby underwent at the hands of his friend Shaggy, who was briefly enrolled in a plastic-surgery program at a medical school that he no longer attends.
The tragic consequence of being a megastar is possessing a cult-like following that doesn't question or challenge your decisions.
The thousands of young people who remain displaced both physically and emotionally by Katrina are yet another tragic consequence of an inadequate disaster recovery structure that severely neglects the needs of young people.
This had the tragic consequence of alerting a troop of German soldiers to our whereabouts, resulting in the deaths of my platoon leader and the guy whose backpack I had pilfered for paper.
