Gwent Police is re-appealing for information after a man was located on the side of the Southern Distributor Road (SDR) in Newport with serious head injuries.
Alex Chant, 20, is from Lliswerry, Newport and was found at approximately 11.30pm on Saturday 27th March on the side of the SDR outside Carcraft.
Police believe he had been out socialising in the Maindee area of Newport earlier that day, left Maindee Square at approximately 11.15pm in a dark coloured people carrier with a sliding door.
Alex was seen exiting this vehicle on the SDR and then the vehicle continued to travel along the road down towards the slip road to Stephenson Street.
Alex was conveyed to the Royal Gwent Hospital and later transferred to the University of Wales Hospital where he remains in a critical condition.
Police inquiries are continuing to establish the circumstances of the incident and officers are renewing their appeal for the driver of the vehicle to come forward.
Officers are also particularly interested in speaking to anyone who may have seen Alex getting into the vehicle on Saturday night in Maindee Square at approximately 11.15pm. He had just come from the Sens Kebab House on Maindee Square and probably went across the road to a bus stop where taxis normally stop to pick up fares. Alex is described as 6 feet 1 inch tall, of medium/stocky build with short dark brown hair. Both his arms are heavily tattooed. His right arm has tattoos of hearts, tribal patterns and a skull with chequered flags and a red spiders web coming out of it and his left arm has tattoos of japanese flowers and a Koi Karp fish. He was wearing a blue and white striped t-shirt and blue jeans.
Anyone who saw Alex in Maindee Square/getting into the vehicle or can offer information to identify the vehicle or driver is asked to contact Gwent Police on 101. Alternatively please contact Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
