A man has been charged with dangerous driving after allegedly ramming a metal barrier on the Gold Coast which fell on another man, injuring him.<\/p>\n
The incident unfolded near Staghorn Avenue, Surfers Paradise about 9pm yesterday. <\/p>\n
Police allege a Toyota HiLux utility was seen driving dangerously on the esplanade before coming to a stop near a metal barrier. <\/p>\n
The Toyota is alleged to have then been driven deliberately into the barrier, which fell and injured a Labrador man, 40.<\/p>\n
Members of the public attempted to restrain the driver, a 31-year-old Surfers Paradise man, but he is alleged to have fled the scene prior to police arrival.<\/p>\n
Officers located the driver nearby a short time later.<\/p>\n
He sustained a dog bite during the arrest and received medical assistance at the scene before being taken to hospital for treatment.<\/p>\n
The 40-year-old man sustained minor injuries and was also taken to hospital.<\/p>\n
Meridian Rapid Defense Group general manager Paddy Calvert-Jones, responsible for the barriers, said based on the burnout marks on the road, the driver allegedly kept his foot down to get through. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe barrier held,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe vehicle didn\u2019t get past the gate line.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur crew had a replacement gate in place by 12.30am and the precinct was fully protected overnight.\u201d<\/p>\n
Investigations are ongoing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A man has been charged with dangerous driving after allegedly ramming a metal barrier on the Gold Coast…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":939424,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[505908,505909,424119,505893,444770,505907,505904,377579,505898,505895,385144,389053,505897,377713,505896,385149,64,63,281411,281400,33682,421758,4082,505891,42299,505900,505894,505906,204154,44,474635,2948,5948,1158,505910,8690,505903,153472,505892,379324,483864,451581,505905,95427,505901,505902,46675,377724,442452,380576,379937,376817,500592,379314,505899,442902,93285],"class_list":["post-939423","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-12-30am","tag-40-members","tag-9pm","tag-a-31-year-old-surfers-paradise-man","tag-a-bystander","tag-a-dog-bite","tag-a-labrador-man","tag-a-man","tag-a-metal-barrier","tag-a-replacement-gate","tag-a-short-time","tag-a-stop","tag-a-toyota-hilux-utility","tag-a-young-man","tag-alleged-hit-and-run-driver","tag-another-man","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-brisbane-news","tag-courier-mail-news","tag-dangerous-driving","tag-his-foot","tag-hospital","tag-hospital-meridian-rapid-defense-group-general-manager-paddy-calvert-jones","tag-investigations","tag-later-he","tag-medical-assistance","tag-metal-barrier","tag-minor-injuries","tag-news","tag-our-crew","tag-pedestrian","tag-place","tag-police","tag-police-arrival-officers","tag-queensland-news","tag-staghorn-avenue","tag-surfers-paradise","tag-surfers-paradise-driver","tag-the-arrest","tag-the-barrier","tag-the-barriers","tag-the-burnout-marks","tag-the-driver","tag-the-esplanade","tag-the-gate-line","tag-the-gold-coast","tag-the-incident","tag-the-precinct","tag-the-public","tag-the-road","tag-the-scene","tag-the-toyota","tag-the-vehicle","tag-treatment-the-40-year-old-man","tag-wild-scenes","tag-yesterday"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/939423","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=939423"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/939423\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/939424"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=939423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=939423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=939423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}