Two men are due to appear in court over a vicious road rage assault on southeast Queensland's M1 Motorway that left a man fighting for life in hospital.
Brock Prime, 29, was violently attacked by a group of up to 13 people, some of whom may have been armed, at the side of the M1 highway Pimpama and Yatala around 9.45pm Saturday.
He was taken to the Gold Coast University Hospital where he remains in a critical condition.
Early on Monday police said they had arrested a 26-year-old Surfers Paradise man and 27-year-old Ormeau man and charged them with grievous bodily harm.
The group, who were travelling in a white van at the time, fled the scene before emergency services arrived and police initially appealed to the public for help in finding those responsible.
Detective Inspector Mark Thompson said the incident began when the van and Mr Prime's black Subaru Forester came close to colliding on the M1 around Coomera.
A "cat and mouse game" then began, with the two vehicles ducking and weaving through traffic in wet conditions on the motorway before they both finally pulled over.
Mr Prime was then assaulted with an "unknown weapon" before his attackers fled the scene.
Police found Mr Prime in a "seriously injured state" and rushed him to hospital, where he remains fighting for life, with a broken leg and skull fractures.
"His left side will be like a stroke victim,” Mr Prime's mother Donna told the Gold Coast Bulletin yesterday.
"Because he’s already had to take a quarter of his brain, five centimetres of his skull was crushed into his brain with dirt and concrete and stuff so they had to remove all that and clean it out so they know it’s already damaged.
"That’s why they know his left side will be done."
"The actions of both of these vehicles were extremely dangerous," Det Thompson told reporters.
Mr Prime's sister condemned the culprits as cowards, while Mr Prime's friend Mia Cole said the incident comes just five weeks after the sudden and unexpected death of Brock's father Darren.
"Brock is his mother, younger brother and sisters rock and they rely on him heavily especially after the passing of their father," Ms Cole wrote on a GoFundMe page set up to support the family.
Ms Prime said her son has had to work six days a week as a concreter in order to help support the family.
"Brock’s been our rock," Ms Prime said.
"He’s been working six days a week so we wouldn’t lose our house because we’ve got younger kids who’re still at school and uni."
Detectives have called for anyone who may have witnessed the incident and has not yet contacted them, or has dash cam footage taken in the vicinity of the M1 between Pimpama and Yatala from around 9.30pm to the time of the incident to get in touch.
Police are urging anyone with information in relation to this incident to call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000
With AAP.
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