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Pedestrian Jamie Mitchell died in the early hours of this morning.
The man who died following a road traffic collision in Coleraine in the early hours of this morning, Saturday, November 8 has been named by police.
He was 24-year-old Jamie Mitchell from the Portrush area.
Chief Inspector Celeste Simpson from the Collision Investigation Unit said: “Police received a report shortly after 1.20am of a collision involving a car and a pedestrian in the Dunhill Road area.
“Officers along with colleagues from other emergency services attended, however, the pedestrian, a man aged in his 20s, sadly died at the scene.
"The Dunhill Road was closed for some time but has since reopened.
“Collision Investigation Unit detectives are continuing to investigate the circumstances and are appealing to anyone who may have witnessed the collision or to anyone who may have CCTV, dash-cam or any other footage that could assist with enquiries, to contact detectives on 101, quoting reference number 88 of 08/11/25.
"Alternatively, you can submit a report online using the non-emergency reporting form via http://www.psni.police.uk/makeareport/.
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