09/04/2018

Police Appeal For Help To Identify Man Found Collapsed On Road

A man is in a critical condition in hospital after he was discovered lying on a road in Toome, Co Antrim on Sunday, 08 April

At around 07.10pm, police received a report that a man had been discovered lying collapsed on the Roguery Road with a bicycle next to him.

The man was transferred to hospital where he remains in a critical condition. Police are now trying to identify the victim.

Inspector Alison Ferguson said: "He is in his late 50s, of thin build, approximately 6 foot tall with short grey hair. He was wearing a silver chain around his neck, black cycling bottoms, a high visibility cycling jacket and a long sleeved black top underneath a navy-coloured T-shirt with a shark motif on the left side.

"The bicycle is a silver-coloured 'Specialized Allez'."

Anyone with any information is asked to contact police on non-emergency number 101, quoting reference number 1124 of 08/04/18/

(LM)

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