Police update: Man sustains serious head injuries at Surfers Paradise, QLD

A 26-year-old Carrara man has been charged after a 33-year-old Labrador man sustained serious head injuries in a park at Surfers Paradise in the early hours of this morning.

Around 1.30am it is alleged the man was leaving a toilet block at a park on Ferny Avenue when he was involved in a verbal argument with a group of men. The confrontation escalated, and the man was allegedly punched and kicked to the head when he was on the ground.

The man was transported to the Gold Coast University Hospital with serious head injuries.

Police located three men, aged 19, 21 and 26 in Orchid Avenue at Surfers Paradise a short time later.

A 26-year-old man has been charged with grievous bodily harm and is due to face Southport Magistrates Court this afternoon.

Police investigations are ongoing.

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