{"id":834950,"date":"2026-07-31T05:04:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T05:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/834950\/"},"modified":"2026-07-31T05:04:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T05:04:10","slug":"a-car-in-the-bus-toyota-becomes-airborne-and-then-wedged-in-side-of-brisbane-bus-brisbane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/834950\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018A car in the bus!\u2019: Toyota becomes airborne and then wedged in side of Brisbane bus | Brisbane"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Queensland driver has been fined after being involved in a stunning crash that saw a car become airborne and then stuck in the side of a bus.<\/p>\n

The drama unfolded at Rocklea in Brisbane\u2019s south on Wednesday evening. A blue Toyota Yaris hit a traffic island and was catapulted into the air before smashing into the side of the council bus. The back of the car was left protruding from the bus.<\/p>\n

Police allege the driver of another car, a black SsangYong, had earlier attempted to merge from a centre lane and turn off near the intersection of Beaudesert and Granard roads.<\/p>\n

\"FootageFootage shows car lodged into side of bus after airborne crash in Brisbane<\/p>\n

The driver of the Yaris, travelling in the outer lane, swerved around the SsangYong before losing control and ending up in the middle of the bus, Queensland police said.<\/p>\n

The driver of the Yaris, a 45-year-old Pallara woman, was taken to hospital in shock. The bus driver, a 66-year-old Sunnybank Hills man, did not sustain any serious injuries.<\/p>\n

The driver of the SsangYong, a 66-year-old Durack man, was subsequently fined $690 and given three demerit points for driving without due care and attention.<\/p>\n

Brisbane City council said there were no passengers on the bus at the time, the ABC reported.<\/p>\n

A person who filmed the aftermarth of the crash from a passing car struggled to process what they were seeing. \u201cThere\u2019s literally a car in the bus,\u201d they said. \u201cA car in the bus. Guys, a car in the bus.\u201d<\/p>\n

The scene in Brisbane was reminiscent of a police car becoming wedged in the back of a truck in the classic 1980 film The Blues Brothers<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Queensland driver has been fined after being involved in a stunning crash that saw a car become…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":834951,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,44],"class_list":["post-834950","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/834950","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=834950"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/834950\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/834951"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=834950"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=834950"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=834950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}