Assault investigation after man knocked out on way home from Ocean St, Maroochydore

A man in his 50s is recovering after he was jumped and knocked out on the way home as more horror stories emerge of violence in the Ocean St precinct.

Queensland Police officers at Ocean Street, Maroochydore.

A man in his 50s is recovering after being jumped and bashed on his way home from a popular Sunshine Coast night-life precinct as more stories of unprovoked violence emerge.

Sunshine Coast Criminal Investigation Branch detectives confirmed an investigation had been launched after the man – understood to be aged 50 – was assaulted in Primary School Ct, Maroochydore about 2am Sunday, February 5.

Investigators said the alleged attackers weren’t known to the man, who had been walking home from Ocean St cutting through Primary School Ct when he was jumped.

Detectives said the man had been knocked out and suffered head and facial injuries in the attack.

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Queensland Police are investigating an incident at Ocean St in Maroochydore at the weekend.

Reports of the attack sparked more stories of violence in the precinct, with three men claiming they were also randomly attacked in the early hours of Saturday morning.

The men, who asked not to be fully identified with their attackers at large, said they’d left a nightclub on Ocean St about 2.15am Saturday, February 4, when they were set upon while walking along an alleyway on their way to calling an Uber.

Ryan, 23, Cameron, 24 and Mitch, 30, claim they were attacked from behind, with Ryan coward punched first.

“I was walking to the Uber... next thing I know, explosive pain to the back of my head,” Ryan said.

He said he came to in a pool of blood.

Cameron said he heard yelling just before the attack, but the names being yelled at them were strangers’ names and he suspected a case of mistaken identity had sparked the assault.

Two men were transported to the Sunshine Coast University Hospital following the early-morning incident. Picture: Mary-Ann Shapcott

“Then they punched Ryan in the back of the head. That was just a straight-up proper coward punch,” he said.

He said his friend Mitch was struck in the side of the face, before he was able to turn around and try and fend off two of the attackers.

“I held them off as long as I could,” Cameron said.

After about 20-30 seconds Cameron said the three men got him to the ground and began punching him before one of them “soccer kicked” him in the head.

The Ocean St attack followed another assault on Ocean St in the early hours of Saturday morning, February 4. Picture: Brett Wortman

“We’re glad there were no deaths,” he said.

“We were lucky but the next person might not be so lucky.”

Ryan said he and Cameron were taken to Sunshine Coast University Hospital by ambulance for CT scans and stitches and were kept overnight.

A Queensland Ambulance Service spokesman confirmed two men were transported to the hospital from the precinct in stable conditions at that time.

The pair said they planned to lodge official reports with police on Sunday.

A Queensland Police spokesman said officers were investigating after receiving a report of an assault at Ocean St in Maroochydore on Saturday morning.

Investigations are ongoing.

A Queensland Ambulance Service spokeswoman confirmed the man in his 50s attacked in Primary School Ct was taken to Sunshine Coast University Hospital in a stable condition for treatment.

Investigations were ongoing as of late Sunday.