Bid to raise £10,000 in memory of hit-and-run victim Jamey Coleman

Simone Coleman has launched the campaign alongside her parents, Gary and Tracey, in aid of brain injury charity Headway.

Her brother Jamey, of Springhill Road, Brownhills, was knocked down on the A5 Watling Street in Brownhills in March while on his way back from the nearby White Horse Pub.

The 23-year-old, mother-of-one from Sussex Drive in Aldridge, said: "I set myself a target to raise £10,000 by the first anniversary of Jamey's death next year and I am determined to reach it.

"Headway helps head trauma survivors and gives them and their families advice and support and they have been absolutely brilliant helping us come to terms with Jamey's death.

"If Jamey had survived he would have needed help from the charity because he would have been severely disabled.

"The charity relies on donations so by raising funds for them we are helping other people who are going through what we have."

A page has been set up on the JustGiving website in Jamey's honour and £1,220 has now been raised.

A charity car wash will be held on Saturday from 12pm at the Anchor Inn in Chester Road, Brownhills, to raise more cash.

Miss Coleman said she has been 'amazed' by the response from the public.

She added: "I set up a Just Giving page and didn't expect to raise so much money in just a few months.

"I am amazed by how generous people have been digging deep into their pockets.

"I have got lots of other events in mind, including a yard sale and a charity gig with a comedian so I hope lots of people will support me and my family.

"We will be washing cars all day long and we wont be leaving until the last car is clean no matter how late it is."

Following the crash which happened on March 30 friends rushed back to the White Horse pub to raise the alarm, while others tried to help Jamey as he lay at the roadside.

The former Brownhills Community School pupil was rushed to the head trauma unit at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham where he later died as a result of his injuries.

Around 300 people attended his funeral at St John's Church in Walsall Wood on April 15.

Police have appealed for information and are investigating but so far no-one has been arrested over the crash.

See also:

• Jamey Coleman death: More than £1,000 raised for charity

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• First picture of Brownhills hit-and-run victim Jamey Coleman as police launch fresh appeal