Man charged after suspected road rage incident after M1 crash
A 20-year-old man has been charged with assault after a suspected road rage incident on the M1.
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A MAN has been charged with assault after an apparent ‘road rage’ incident in the northern Gold Coast on Sunday.
A Queensland Police Service spokesman said a 21-year-old man was attacked during an altercation at the scene of a two-vehicle crash at Ormeau on the M1 northbound just before 6pm.
He said police were investigating whether a “road rage” incident led to the crash.
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The two motorists involved, who were not known to each other, were both travelling north in separate cars when the crash occurred.
Three patients, including the 21-year-old man, who suffered a head injury, were taken to Gold Coast University Hospital in a stable condition.
20-year-old Jake Craig Woodman from Yarrabilba was later charged with assault occasioning bodily harm over the incident and was due to face Southport court in Southport on Monday.
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