Apr 12 - 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.
