Two men have been taken into custody after separate incidents south of Brisbane, where drivers allegedly tried to hit pedestrians.
A man was left in hospital with serious injuries after trying to stop a vehicle on Saturday night, while in another incident two police officers narrowly managed to jump out of the path of a car that mounted the curb on Sunday morning.
The first incident occurred in Tallai on the Gold Coast after two men began arguing in Alawara Drive about 11.30pm and one of them began driving away when the other stood in front of the vehicle. Police said the driver had appeared to accelerate and drove directly into the man who was thrown into the air and landed on the footpath.
A 32-year-old Upper Coomera man was taken to the Gold Coast University Hospital with serious injuries.
The driver, a 39-year-old Nerang man, fled the scene but was taken into custody about 8am on Sunday.
He was later charged with one count of dangerous operation of a motor vehicle causing grievous bodily harm. He will face Southport Magistrates court next week.
In a separate incident, police were responding to a reported domestic violence incident in Leichardt about 12.30am, when a car accelerated towards the officers and mounted the gutter.
The two policemen managed to run out of the path of the vehicle, which eventually went back to the road and sped away.
Police called off a pursuit a short time later for safety reasons and on Sunday morning a 31-year-old Leichardt man was taken into custody.
Both men are assisting police with their inquiries.