Young man killed by car in Surfers Paradise remembered as ‘life of the party’

A YOUNG man who died after he was hit by a car in Surfers Paradise on Saturday night has been remembered as a fun-loving person who was the life of the party.

Scott Cullen, 22, was tragically killed when he was hit by a car in Surfers Paradise on Saturday night. Photo: Facebook.

A YOUNG man who died after he was hit by a car in Surfers Paradise on Saturday night has been remembered as a fun-loving person who was the life of the party.

Scott Cullen, 22, was out celebrating his girlfriend’s birthday just after 11pm when he was struck by a car and seriously injured.

It is believed he was crossing the road just metres from a pedestrian crossing when he was hit in the northbound lanes of the Gold Coast Highway near the Chevron Island bridge.

He was rushed to Gold Coast University Hospital with serious head injuries but passed away yesterday afternoon.

School friend Josh Alker had only just caught up with Mr Cullen on Friday night and said he was always full of life.

“Always just remember him as a fun-loving person, always the life of the party and someone to make you smile,” he said.

“I could go months or even years without seeing or talking to him but when I did it was like we had just spoken the day before.”

The driver of the vehicle involved in the incident wasn’t injured, but was treated for shock.

Officers from the forensic crash unit are investigating the cause of the crash.

Two other men are fighting for their lives in the Gold Coast University Hospital after separate road crashes on Friday.

A man sustained life-threatening injuries after smashing into a tree on Gooding Drive at Miami on Friday night.

Earlier that day, a motorbike rider crashed into a pole on the side of the road on Millaroo Drive, about 100m south of the Westfield Helensvale intersection.

The 32-year-old man was taken to Gold Coast University Hospital in a critical condition after crashing his dirt bike around 11.30am.

Barista Brent Stott was out the back of his shop on Millaroo Drive when he was told to call an ambulance by a friend outside.

Mr Stott said he thought the rider mounted the kerb before crashing into the pole and landing on the side of the road.

“I was out the back here getting something out of my ute,” he said.

“He tried to get around on the outside of some cars.

“I think he’s hit the gutter and lost control and hit the green pole and fallen down to where the motorbike is.

“I just called triple-0. I was just holding the umbrella for the ambos while they worked on him.”

Mr Stott said it took 15 minutes for paramedics and police to arrive but before then several drivers had pulled over to help the injured man while a truck driver stopped to direct traffic away from the site of the crash.

“He wasn’t in a good way at all — they had to use a defibrillator on him,” he said.

“I was out there for about an hour and a half.

Mr Stott’s coffee shop is directly opposite the crash site where the Forensic Crash Unit spent much of yesterday afternoon investigating.

“We’ll probably hear people beeping people four or five times a day,” he said.

“It’s quite busy.

“It’s a pretty bad lane.”