Grievous bodily harm in Bowen, QLD

Police have charged a 42-year-old man after a man was hit with a baseball in Bowen this afternoon, Queensland Police say.

It will be alleged around 3pm an altercation occurred at a Brisbane Street house between two men who are known to each other. During the altercation a man hit a 43-year-old man a number of times around the head with a baseball bat.

He has been transported to the Townsville Hospital with serious head injuries.

A 42-year-old Bowen man has been charged with one count of grievous bodily harm and is expected to appear at the Mackay Magistrates Court tomorrow, December 28.

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