An argument between a man and a woman lead to a man being run over at a Gold Coast petrol station. Courtesy LiveLeak

3.40PM: The teenager was released from the Southport Watch House late this afternoon after his parents posted the $10,000 surety for his bail.

The case will return to court on March 25.

10:05AM: A Gold Coast teenage learner driver accused of driving over a man at a local service station has been granted bail with a $10,000 surety.

Joel Murtagh, 17, of Elanora, appeared in the Southport Magistrates Court this morning in handcuffs as his mother and family friends sat in support from the public gallery.

Police alleged Murtagh has confessed to being the designated driver for a group of drunken friends on Australia Day.

It is alleged that when they stopped to refuel at the Palm Beach 7-Eleven just after midnight they got into a fight with a group of men.

Bystanders filmed the fight and graphic footage shows the car driving over the top of a man before reversing off him and speeding away.

Police prosecutor Sergeant Douglas Bettany said Murtagh confessed to police he drove at the victim, 40-year-old Mark Shaw, in a bid to "nudge" him out of the way but he went too far.

The borrowed car was found abandoned yesterday afternoon and towed away for forensic testing.

News_Image_File: Joel Murtagh, 17, was last night. charged over the incident.

Mr Shaw remains in hospital with a burns, a punctured lung, a broken shoulder and a broken arm that will require metal pins to be surgically inserted.

The violent video spread rapidly on social media and news sites with an expert saying it was likely to have been watched by hundreds of thousands of people around the world.

Murtagh was arrested yesterday and charged with dangerous operation of a motor vehicle causing grievous bodily harm and leaving the scene of an accident.

Police prosecutor Sergeant Douglas Bettany opposed bail due to the serious nature of the charges.

"Just because its Australia Day does not give a person the right to act like a yobbo," he said.

"It's not the Australian way to take off like a coward and leave a person with unknown injuries."

Duty solicitor Evan Cooper said Murtagh should be released as the teen would face a lengthy term of pre-sentence custody before the indictable offence reached a higher court.

Magistrate Michael O'Driscoll said accepted the police facts and the serious nature of the allegations.

"It appears to be a deliberate, calculated conduct," he said.

He granted him bail but with a $10,000 cash surety, a curfew and a driving ban.

The case will return to court on March 25.

News_Rich_Media: Hit and run driver leaves court

9.10AM: A teenager charged over a hit-and-run at a Palm Beach service station on Monday has faced Southport Court this morning.

Police have opposed bail for Joel Murtagh, 17, due to the seriousness of the offence.

More information to come.

EARLIER: Police last night were interviewing a teenager believed to have been the driver of a car that ran over a man during a violent incident at a Gold Coast service station.

Sources said the male, who was taken to the Burleigh police station, was being questioned over the altercation and the dumping of a borrowed vehicle at Burleigh Heads.

MAN IN A SERIOUS CONDITION AFTER SERVO HIT-AND-RUN

Graphic footage of the violence, which resulted in a man being rushed to hospital in a serious condition, spread rapidly on social media yesterday, with an expert saying it was likely to have been watched by hundreds of thousands of people around the world.

Police believe the victim, Mark Shaw, 40, was standing up for two friends who had been involved in the altercation at the Palm Beach 7-11.

The clash between two men and a carload of teenagers happened when the teens stopped to refuel at the Eighth Avenue petrol station around 12.30am yesterday.

Regional Chief Superintendent Des Lacy said both groups were from the southern end of the Coast and had been drinking before the confrontation erupted.

Mr Shaw was passing in a taxi when it is believed he spotted his friends and stopped.

The victim "got himself involved" in a second clash that erupted between the groups, police said.

Mr Shaw and an 18-year-old girl who was a passenger in the car had a physical confrontation, with two male teenagers from the car stepping in.

Video footage filmed by witnesses shows Mr Shaw followed the group to the car and was being restrained by mates when he leapt forward and slammed his hand on the bonnet of the car.

The footage shows the car lurch forward as Mr Shaw disappears beneath the front right-hand side of the vehicle.

His mates try to push the car off him.

The footage shows the car reverse off Mr Shaw.

The 40-year-old tries to get to his feet, but collapses on the concrete as his mates rush to his side.

Police and hospital sources said he had a punctured lung, a broken shoulder and was in a serious condition in the Gold Coast University Hospital.

The footage shows the car reverse out of the service station and drive away.

Yesterday morning the vehicle was found abandoned less than 5km away.

Supt Lacy said a number of witnesses had spoken to them.

One teenager was interviewed for several hours, but refused to comment to waiting media.

"Excessive alcohol consumption appears to have been a contributing factor to the altercations that led to this event," Supt Lacy said.

"We would ask that any witnesses come forward to police so we can put together full details of the incident."

Bond University social media expert Dr Marcus Randall said hundreds of thousands of people from all over the world would have seen the footage.

"These videos that are very violent or confronting spread all over the world in hours," he said.

"Once the video has been released it can never be removed from the internet. Nowadays when people are captured doing crazy things, they are watched online forever.

"People will never stop watching this video. It will be broadcast to countries all over the world forever."

Dr Randall said people seemed to be more focused on generating "likes'' on Facebook than helping injured people.

"It really troubles me when I see footage of really violent assaults and people are just sitting back and watching," he said.

"People seem to be so obsessed with YouTube views or Facebook likes that they stop helping people."

Information could be supplied to Crime Stoppers by phoning 1800 333 000.

News_Image_File: Police take Joel Murtagh in for questioning.