A 19-year-old man has undergone brain surgery after sustaining critical head injuries on Saturday night, after falling to the ground in an alleged attack on the Gold Coast.
Police allege the teenager was walking with friends through the Justin Lane car park in Burleigh Heads, just after 8pm, when a 28-year-old man approached the group.
It's alleged an argument then broke out, and that the 28-year-old man then punched the teenager twice in the face, in quick succession.