An inquest will investigate whether a Queensland woman deliberately ran over and killed a Hong Kong tourist.

The body of Shui Ki Chan, 25, was found in a ditch on the side of the Warrego Highway at Gatton, west of Brisbane, on August 23, 2012.

Mr Chan was visiting Australia and had been riding his bicycle home from the McDonald's where he worked when he was hit, according to documents handed up during a pre-inquest conference in Brisbane on Tuesday.

An autopsy indicated he didn't die from injuries caused by the impact but succumbed to hypothermia after being left in the ditch overnight in cold weather.

Police have been investigating allegations a local woman deliberately hit Mr Chan with her car, after she allegedly confessed to several people.