POLICE – Man assaulted near Sugarloaf overpass on Coquihalla

Police are looking for witnesses and information after a man was located on the side of the Coquihalla Highway on Tuesday (March 12, 2024) with serious injuries.

Around 6:25 p.m., Kamloops RCMP were called to an area near the Sugarloaf overpass, where a motorist located a man with obvious injuries 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,” 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.

Police are 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 contact the Kamloops RCMP Detachment as soon as possible. Investigators are also interested in anything underneath the overpass tunnel off Sugarloaf Road.

Those who witnessed or have any other information that could be related to this incident are asked to call 250-828-3000 and reference 2024-7310.