A man has died almost a week after a crash with a digger.
Gerald McElreavey, 88, died on Saturday following the collision on Quilly Road between Articlave and Coleraine on Monday evening, September 16.
The pensioner, from the Ballymoney area , had been critically injured in the crash between his Citroen C3 car and Manitou digger.
On Sunday a PSNI spokeswoman said: "A man who was seriously injured in a road traffic collision on Quilly Road between Articlave and Coleraine earlier this week has sadly died.
"88-year-old Gerald McElreavey was taken to hospital for treatment of his injuries after his Citroen C3 car was involved in a collision at around 10pm on Monday evening (16th September) with a Manitou digger.
"Mr McElreavey, who was from the Ballymoney area, sadly passed away in hospital yesterday.
"Police continue to appeal for information about the collision and ask anyone with information to contact officers in Coleraine on 101 quoting reference number 2320 of 16/09/19."
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