Assault occasioning bodily harm charge in Mooloolaba, QLD

Police have charged a man following a serious assault incident in Mooloolaba overnight, Queensland Police say.

Just after midnight, it will be three men became involved in a verbal altercation in a carpark on Parkyn Parade.

It will further be alleged, during the altercation one of the men punched another, causing a 19-year-old Pelican Waters man to lose consciousness and fall to the ground, receiving serious but non-life-threatening injuries.

The man fled the scene but officers caught up with him along Parkyn Avenue.

A 22-year-old Shailer Park man has been charged with assault occasioning bodily harm and obstruct police.

He will appear in the Maroochydore Magistrates Court on August 23.

If you have information for police, contact Policelink on 131 444 or provide information using the online form 24hrs per day.

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