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21-year-old man charged over alleged hit and run at Southport apartment tower underground carpark.

Police have charged the alleged driver involved in a frightening hit and run in the underground carpark of a Gold Coast unit block. Read what happened.

Gold Coast alleged hit and run

Police have charged a driver allegedly involved in a hit and run at a Gold Coast unit block that left a man pinned between a vehicle and a concrete pillar.

A Queensland Police Service spokesman said the grey Volkswagen Golf was allegedly driven dangerously towards a man in the underground carpark along High Street, Southport on July 26.

CCTV captured of the incident shows the vehicle travelling at speed before it ploughs into a 31-year-old man, trapping him and badly damaging two motorcycles.

Footage from the incident. Picture: Supplied.
Footage from the incident. Picture: Supplied.

The victim was rushed to Gold Coast University Hospital with a serious leg injury as well as bruising and abrasions to his face.

It’s alleged the driver ran off from the scene.

Following a public appeal, a QPS spokesman said a 21-year-old Ellen Grove man had been charged with two counts of wilful damage and one count of dangerous operation of a vehicle causing death or grievous bodily harm.

He was due to appear in Southport Magistrates Court on Tuesday.

Originally published as 21-year-old man charged over alleged hit and run at Southport apartment tower underground carpark.

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