Update: serious assault, Kingaroy

Police have charged a 20-year-old Kingaroy man after an investigation into a serious assault outside a hotel in Kingaroy yesterday morning.

A 51-year-old local man was punched in the head by a man on the corner of Kingaroy and Alford Streets, before falling to the ground hitting his head.

He was airlifted to the Royal Brisbane Hospital where he remains in a stable condition.

The 20-year-old man has been charged with grievous bodily harm and is scheduled to appear in the Kingaroy Magistrates Court on December 5.

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