Police release name of pedestrian killed in road traffic collision
Anthony James Atkins was originally from England but had been living in Crossmaglen
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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.