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| Gold Coast teenager doused in petrol and set alight in his car | Gold Coast teenager doused in petrol and set alight in his car |
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| A teenager is fighting for his life in hospital after being doused in petrol and set alight on the Gold Coast. | A teenager is fighting for his life in hospital after being doused in petrol and set alight on the Gold Coast. |
| The victim, 18, was found in his car at Southport on Sunday morning with burns to “a substantial amount of his body”, police said. | The victim, 18, was found in his car at Southport on Sunday morning with burns to “a substantial amount of his body”, police said. |
| He was taken to the Royal Brisbane and Women’s hospital and placed in an induced coma. | He was taken to the Royal Brisbane and Women’s hospital and placed in an induced coma. |
| Police are appealing for witnesses who might have seen the victim’s car, a Toyota Camry with the New South Wales plates BM52VZ, on Baratta Street in Southport about 7.45am to come forward. | Police are appealing for witnesses who might have seen the victim’s car, a Toyota Camry with the New South Wales plates BM52VZ, on Baratta Street in Southport about 7.45am to come forward. |
| The case is not thought to be related to the schoolies week celebrations taking place in nearby Surfers Paradise, a police spokeswoman said. |