Kamloops RCMP are looking for witnesses and information after they say a man with serious injuries was found on the side of Highway 5 yesterday evening, March 12.

Mounties say they were called to the area near the Sugar Loaf Overpass – near the intersection of the Trans Canada and the Coquihalla Highway – around 6:25 p.m. last night, after a driver spotted the injured man against a concrete barrier in the northbound lanes of the highway.

“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,” RCMP Staff Sgt. Todd Wiebe, of the Kamloops RCMP Detachment’s Investigative Services, said.

RCMP say the man – who was not identified – was taken to Royal Inland Hospital with injuries that are believed to be serious, but non-life-threatening.

They’re asking people who were driving in the area between 3 p.m. and 6:25 p.m., to contact the Kamloops RCMP detachment at 250-828-3000 and reference file 2024-7310.if they any information that might help with the investigation.

Mounties say they’re looking for dash cam footage of the area or information on any vehicles that were stopped or driving slowly

“Investigators are also interested in anything underneath the overpass tunnel, off Sugar Loaf Road,” RCMP said.