A man was discovered with serious injuries sitting on the side of Highway 5 near Kamloops, on March 12.
According to Kamloops RCMP, a passing motorist saw the man with obvious injuries against a concrete barrier in the northbound lanes of the highway near the Sugar Loaf Overpass, at about 6:25 p.m.
“Based on the preliminary investigation, which included the assistance of the police dog and forensic identification service units, we believe the man was beaten and left underneath an overpass nearby, before making his way out to the highway, where he was located by a passing motorist,” said Staff Sgt. Todd Wiebe, of the Kamloops RCMP Detachment’s Investigative Services.
The victim was taken to hospital with what are believed to be serious, but non-life-threatening injuries.
Now police are looking for witnesses and asking anyone who was driving in the area between 3 p.m. and 6:25 p.m., and has dash camera footage that may have captured surrounding traffic, or any vehicles stopped or driving slowly in the area, to please contact the Kamloops RCMP Detachment as soon as possible.
Anyone with information that could be related to this incident is asked to call 250-828-3000 and reference file 2024-7310.
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