BRISBANE, Queensland, Feb. 6 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release:

Detectives from Gladstone Criminal Investigation Branch (CIB) have charged five people following an alleged assault on Tuesday, February 4.

It will be alleged at around 10.20pm, a group of five people attended a Wistari Street address in Clinton to visit a 22-year-old man known to them and allegedly struck the man with a weapon.

It will be further alleged the 22-year-old man then ran from the address where he was followed for a short time by the group in a vehicle before a nearby citizen transported the victim to Gladstone Base Hospital.

The 22-year-old man sustained serious injuries and was subsequently flown to Brisbane for further treatment....