A man who was killed in a hit and run incident in Cork in December of last year died of multiple catastrophic injuries, the Cork Coroner's Court has heard.
Father-of-three Martin Lawlor, aged 49, who was originally from Tralee, Co Kerry, was killed while he was walking on the Airport Road in Cork city shortly after 5.30am on 15 December 2018.
At a hearing of Cork Coroner's Court in Rochestown, Det Garda Bríd Norris said that gardaí received a call that a body was found on the road at 5.41am on 15 December.
A garda patrol car went to the scene and found psychiatrist Dr Lawlor on the ground. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
A post mortem was carried out at the city morgue by Deputy State Pathologist Dr Michael Curtis.
Assistant State Pathologist Dr Margaret Bolster gave evidence of the cause of death in the case on behalf of Dr Curtis.
She said that Dr Lawlor died of multiple catastrophic injuries including a laceration to the scalp, a skull fracture, contusional injuries to the brain and crush injuries to the abdomen, chest and pelvis which indicated that the body had been run over.
The official cause of death was multiple injuries consistent with a pedestrian being hit by a car. Alcohol was found in his system.
Coroner for south Cork, Frank O'Connell, said that a file had been sent to the DPP.
The case was listed for mention on 28 April next.
Both gardaí and the coroner extended their sympathy to Dr Lawlor's family on their tragic loss.
Dr Lawlor was employed in Cork but was due to return home to his family in the north of England.
A respected forensic psychiatrist, he commuted from his job in Cork to his family home outside Manchester where his wife and three children are based.
