Gold Coast police charge man, 21, who allegedly punched older man, 51, causing him to hit his head on gutter grate at Surfers Paradise
Police have now charged a 21-year-old man after he allegedly punched a 51-year-old man, causing him to split his head open on a gutter.
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GOLD Coast Police have now charged a man after he allegedly split an older man’s head open in a brutal one-punch attack on the streets of Surfers Paradise.
It’s been alleged the 21-year-old punched a 51-year-old man at the intersection of Cavill and Elkhorn avenues at Surfers Paradise about 3.20am on Wednesday, a spokeswoman said.
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The older man was rushed to hospital after he “hit his head on a metal drain in the gutter” and suffered a “deep laceration to the back of his head”.
Later in the morning, police charged the 21-year-old with assault occasioning bodily harm.
He was expected to face Southport Magistrates Court on Wednesday, June 16.
Police: Man’s head split open in Coast street attack
Earlier: Coast police have arrested a man after he allegedly punched an older man in the street, causing him to fall and strike his head on a gutter grate.
It’s alleged the 21-year-old man attacked the 51-year-old man at the intersection of Cavill and Elkhorn avenues at Surfers Paradise about 3.20am on Wednesday, a spokeswoman said.
The older man suffered a “deep laceration to the back of his head” when he “hit his head on a metal drain in the gutter”.
The 51-year-old was taken to hospital with injuries not determined to be life threatening.
Police investigations were ongoing later on Wednesday morning.
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Trio accused of fleeing scene after M1 4WD crash
June 1: A New South Wales man has been charged with fleeing the scene of a crash which partially blocked the Pacific Motorway (M1) on the Gold Coast early Tuesday morning.
Gold Coast police were called to the single-vehicle crash involving a four-wheel drive on the M1 northbound near Helensvale about 3.25am.
Officers found the 4WD was blocking one lane of the motorway, a spokeswoman said.
It’s alleged three occupants of the vehicle, two men aged 36 and 45 and a woman aged 39, fled shortly after the incident.
Police later charged the 36-year-old from Bangalee, a suburb of Nowra in NSW, with driving without due care and attention, driving a motor vehicle without a licence, unregistered vehicle, uninsured vehicle, offences involving registration certificate and failing to comply with duties of a driver after a crash.
The Bangalee man was expected to face Southport Magistrates Court on Tuesday, June 1.
Man injured after motorbike, car crash
May 31: A man has been taken to hospital after a car and motorbike crash at a busy Gold Coast intersection.
Paramedics were called to Currumburra and Southport Nerang roads, Ashmore about 3.40pm to reports of a car and motorbike crash.
A Queensland Ambulance Service spokeswoman said the rider of the motorcycle was taken in a stable condition to the Gold Coast University Hospital.
Queensland Fire and Emergency Services had blocked the intersection, causing major congestion, but had since reopened it.
Earlier: Emergency services are at the scene and of car and motorbike crash at a busy Gold Coast intersection.
Paramedics were called to Currumburra and Southport Nerang roads, Ashmore about 3.40pm to reports of a car and motorbike crash.
A Queensland Ambulance spokeswoman said paramedics had just arrived on scene.
It is understood Queensland Fire and Emergency Services has blocked the intersection, causing major congestion.
– Jodie Callcott
Originally published as Gold Coast police charge man, 21, who allegedly punched older man, 51, causing him to hit his head on gutter grate at Surfers Paradise
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