Lifeguard charged over beach accident
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A Gold Coast lifeguard accused of running over a man and woman on a beach has been charged.
Police say the pair, aged in their 20s, were lying on a beach in Surfers Paradise when a slow-moving lifeguard vehicle ran them over.
Both suffered non-life-threatening injuries and were taken to hospital for treatment following the December 23 incident.
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Police have charged a 24-year-old Gold Coast man with dangerous operation of a motor vehicle.
He will appear in Southport Magistrates Court on February 5.
The incident is still being reviewed by Gold Coast City council.
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