A football star suffered “significant” internal injuries consistent with being struck by a large vehicle, a forensic pathologist said today.

Michael Pickup told a Supreme Court jury that Marco Warren lost his life to “a number of injuries,” including multiple fractured bones and damaged organs.

When asked if the injuries were consistent with being struck by a vehicle going at high speeds, Dr Pickup replied: “Yes.”

Dr Pickup spoke during the trial of Curtis Richardson, 51, who has pleaded not guilty to causing Mr Warren’s death by driving without due care and attention.

The incident was alleged to have happened in the early hours of May 14, 2023, near the intersection of North Shore Road and Trinity Church Road in Hamilton Parish.

Dr Pickup said he conducted an autopsy of Mr Warren’s body about five days later, which involved an internal and external examination.

He said Mr Warren had fractured ribs from the right upper chest to the left lower back.

He noted “a number of lacerations” in the right lung and significant internal bleeding, requiring doctors to remove about 2.9 litres of blood from the chest.

Dr Pickup explained: “To give you an idea, the average human has five to seven litres of blood in total, so this was quite a significant level of blood loss.”

The pathologist further noted lacerations to Mr Warren’s liver, spleen and bladder, as well as a torn pancreas and ripped vessels in the left kidney.

Dr Pickup said there were multiple fractures on the left side of the pelvis and a fractured right humerus, or upper arm bone.

Externally, Dr Pickup said Mr Warren had “grazed abrasions” on his right shoulder, upper chest, left hip and abdomen, and back.

He noted lacerations over Mr Warren’s left eyelid and the left side of his forehead, as well as an abrasion across the left side of his face and a fractured left cheekbone.

Dr Pickup said he found a small bruise on the right medial temporal lobe of Mr Warren’s brain and some bleeding on his scalp.

Mr Warren also had a bruise on his left lower back and “periodic parallel grazed abrasions” along his left buttock, according to the pathologist.

Other abrasions included one along the right upper thigh, as well as “multiple small abrasions” to the footballer’s right arm as well as his left wrist, hand and elbow, the court heard.

A toxicology report 190 milligram of ethanol in 100 millilitres of his blood — enough to cause intoxication, according to Dr Pickup.

The pathologist said there were no tyre marks or injuries associated with tyres, though he did note a “scuff mark” on Mr Warren’s sweatshirt.

However, Dr Pickup added that Mr Warren was likely hit by a large, flat-fronted vehicle and possibly ended up underneath it.

“There’s a number of possibilities,” Dr Pickup explained. “And we can’t be certain just by examining the body.”

He said the injuries were associated with a “very high magnitude of force,” similar to falling from a great height or being hit by a vehicle at “great speed”.

Dr Pickup later clarified that “great speed” could have been as slow as 40 kilometres per hour.

Victoria Greening, for the defence, asked Dr Pickup if he knew where the scuff mark on Mr Warren’s sweatshirt was from. He said he did not.

When she asked if there was a definitive impact site, Dr Pickup said there wasn’t, which made it hard to confirm what happened and how.

However, during re-examination by Carrington Mahoney, for the Crown, Dr Pickup added the lack of site did not remove the possibility of Mr Warren being struck while walking.

Ms Greening further led cross-examination of Chaquita Simmons, a police expert on traffic collisions, as she finished her testimony from yesterday.

Ms Simmons said she did not look at any witness statements when putting together her assessment of the crash site.

She added that, while she found possible tyre marks on Mr Warren’s clothing, she was unsure how they got there or what caused them.

Ms Simmons said there were no “distinct tread marks” on the clothing, which would confirm contact with a tyre.

Ms Greening asked if she could say whether or not Mr Warren was struck by a vehicle, to which Ms Simmons answered: “No.”

The trial continues.

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