DETECTIVES are repeating a call for witnesses to come forward after a man was seriously assaulted in Saltcoats.

The 45-year-old was injured behind premises between Countess Street and Nineyard Street in the town around 9.45pm on Saturday night.

Officers believe he may have been hit by a vehicle.

Emergency services were called to the scene and the man was taken by ambulance to Crosshouse Hospital in Kilmarnock where he was treated for a head injury.

Detective Inspector William McDicken from Irvine Police Office said: “Police enquiries are continuing into this serious assault and one line of enquiry is that the man may have been stuck by a vehicle on Nineyard Street.

“Officers have been carrying out enquiries in the local area and are gathering CCTV footage to gather more information on whoever is responsible for this attack.”

Police ask anyone with information to contact Saltcoats Police Office on the 101 number.