A Sunshine Coast man has been charged over an alleged hit and run crash in Buderim that left a teenage boy with serious injuries.
The 13-year-old Mooloolaba boy was riding his bike on Sugar Road just after 6pm on May 7 when he was struck by a four-wheel-drive ute on the roundabout at the intersection of Wises Road.
After the crash, the vehicle involved allegedly continued to drive along Super Road and left the scene without stopping to help.
Following an appeal and investigations, officers have charged a 42-year-old Pelican Waters man with one count of careless driving causing grievous bodily harm and failing to fulfil obligations.
He is expected to appear at the Maroochydore Magistrates Court on June 16.
The boy sustained serious leg injuries and has undergone multiple surgeries and remains in the Queensland Children’s Hospital in a serious but stable condition.
Meanwhile, police have charged a man following a burglary with violence in Cooroibah on Wednesday last week.
It is alleged the 22 year-old man went to a home on Pines Avenue and threatened a man with a gun.
The 51 year-old resident sustained minor injuries in a struggle before the alleged offender fled the scene on foot.
He was arrested a couple of hours later outside a property on Morning Glory Drive and taken to Sunshine Coast University Hospital for treatment of a pre-existing injury.
The gun was found in a bush nearby.
The 22-year-old man was charged with one count each of enter dwelling with intent whilst armed, assaults occasioning bodily harm whilst armed, possess thing intended for use in connection with offence under 419/421 of the Criminal Code prior to conviction of crime relating to property, unlawful possession of weapons category H – firearm used in indictable offence, fail to properly dispose of needle and syringe, trespass – unlawfully enter or remain in dwelling or yard, and authority required to possess explosive.
He is expected to face Maroochydore Magistrates Court today.
