Young mum fighting for life after attack on Gold Coast road

Tara Brown (right) was forced down an embankment by another driver, reportedly her ex-partner Lionel Patea (left), before crashing into the side of a home on the Gold Coast. Photo / Facebook

A horrific accident has left a young mother fighting for her life in hospital after her alleged ex-boyfriend ran her off the road and then bashed her head with a brick.

Tara Brown, 24, was forced down an embankment by another driver before crashing into the side of a home on the Gold Coast at 8.45am on Tuesday, after which she was viciously assaulted while still pinned in the car.

It has been reported that the offender was Ms Brown's ex-partner and former Bandido sergeant-at-arms, Lionel Patea, 24, The Gold Coast Bulletin reported.

The mother-of-one was rushed to Gold Coast University Hospital in a critical condition after she had to be cut from the vehicle with hydraulic equipment on Macquarie Street in Molendinar.

Following the crash, the man reportedly fled the scene in a stolen white truck after he totalled his Jeep from hitting Ms Brown's vehicle.

He later turned himself in at the Coomera Police Station with self-inflicted stab wounds and is expected to be charged within the next 24 hours, The Brisbane Times reported.

"My friend was the one pulling the man off the woman, he was bashing her with a rock," a witness said following the accident.

"The man was down there and had his knee on her chest, her legs were sticking out of the car but the rest of her was trapped."

Early reports suggested that Ms Brown's child was in the vehicle, however it was later reported that the toddler had been dropped off at daycare prior to the accident.

It is not yet known if Mr Patea is the father of Ms Brown's baby girl.

"I went to the garden and the car was overturned...and there was a lady in the car upside down. The car was all crashed and in bits and pieces," one of the street's residents Ted Harding said.

"She wasn't in a very good state. She had blood running down her face where she'd been bashed.

- Daily Mail