Police release name of pedestrian killed in road traffic collision

Anthony James Atkins was originally from England but had been living in Crossmaglen

Police have released the name of the man who died following a road traffic collision in County Armagh.

Anthony James Atkins, 36, was struck by a car on the Cullaville Road shortly after midnight on Saturday morning.

He lived in the Crossmaglen area but was originally from England.

Following a post-mortem examination, police believe Mr Atkins was lying in the road when he was struck by a car.

'Full investigation'

The driver of the car remained at the scene and has been assisting with the investigation.

Officers had been called shortly after 23:50 GMT on Friday with a report of a man lying on the Cullaville Road, which links Crossmaglen with Cullaville.

Det Insp Michael Winters said: “I would firstly like to offer my condolences to Anthony’s family and friends at this terrible time.

"In order to complete a full investigation on their behalf I would continue to appeal for anyone who was travelling on the Cullaville Road on Friday night/ early Saturday morning around the time of the collision and who saw anything or captured dash-cam footage which could assist us with our enquiries, to contact the collision investigation unit on 101, quoting reference 2078 01/11/24."

Det Insp Winters also appealed for anyone who had met Anthony earlier on Friday to get in touch.