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A youngster is combating for his life in a Gold Coast hospital after struggling critical head accidents throughout an alleged assault at Varsity Lakes in a single day.
Police have charged a 34-year-old Moggill man over the assault of the 18-year-old and that of a girl who got here to the unconscious teenager’s help.
The girl, a Varsity Lakes native who discovered the injured man as she walked alongside Christine Avenue, referred to as Triple Zero from the scene at 10.38pm.
“Upon calling emergency providers for help, it’s alleged the identical offender, who had been ready close by, then assaulted the girl,” a police spokeswoman mentioned.
“Police arrived on the scene a short while later and took a 34-year-old man into custody. During his arrest, it’s additional alleged the person spat on a police officer.”
The man has been charged with one rely every of grievous bodily hurt, the intense assault of a police officer, and customary assault.
A Queensland Ambulance spokesperson mentioned the 18-year-old was taken to Gold Coast University Hospital in a “probably life-threatening situation”.
The 27-year-old girl who referred to as police was additionally taken to the hospital with minor accidents.
The accused Moggill man was resulting from seem in Southport Magistrates Court on Saturday.
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