Police appealing for information following vehicle seen driving erratically in Castledawson

Police in Mid-Ulster are appealing for information following a vehicle driving erratically on Sunday 1st December.

Police observed a silver Peugeot 307 driving erratically at a carpark in the Hillhead Road area of Castledawson. It was reported the vehicle made a handbrake turn in front of police, before heading off at speed towards Deerpark Road area of Bellaghy and a police pursuit ensued.

The vehicle continued onto the Ballynease Road, narrowly missing multiple vehicles as well as a near miss with a police vehicle before making off towards the Ballymacombs Road at high speed.

Sergeant Wilson said: “This was an extremely dangerous incident, which could have resulted in serious injury or loss of life. The vehicle involved was travelling at speeds of 100mph through residential areas, which are 30mph zones. Thankfully, none of our officers were injured, and there were no reports of any injuries to members of the local community, nor damage to any vehicles. Through the evasive action of the officer driving the police vehicle, it might have resulted in a head-on collision by the driver of the Peugeot 307 car.

“We would appeal to anyone with any information in relation to this incident to contact police on 101, quoting reference number 1647 01/12/24. We know that there were a large number of cars located in the car park at the time of the Peugeot erratically, so we would appeal to anyone with any information or even dashcam footage available to get in touch to assist with our enquiries.”