{"id":578449,"date":"2026-08-24T03:58:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T03:58:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/578449\/"},"modified":"2026-08-24T03:58:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T03:58:12","slug":"koala-run-over-by-e-bike-in-brisbane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/578449\/","title":{"rendered":"Koala run over by e-bike in Brisbane"},"content":{"rendered":"

A koala has had a lucky escape after being run over by an e-bike on the side of a road in Brisbane\u2019s south-east.<\/p>\n

Dashcam footage, shared on social media by charity Koala Rescue Brisbane South, showed two people riding along Nursery Road in Holland Park on e-bikes on Saturday.<\/p>\n

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The koala, seen at the bottom left of this photo, was struck by the leading rider.\u00a0Today<\/p>\n

As the pair overtook a car on the shoulder, the lead rider ran over what appears to be an animal.<\/p>\n

The animal was later confirmed to be a koala.<\/p>\n

The riders look back to see what they hit, but they do not stop to see if the koala needs assistance.<\/p>\n

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The riders did not stop to check on the condition of the koala.\u00a0Today<\/p>\n

They also appear to kick out in the direction of the koala, but it is not clear if this is intentional or a reaction to suddenly running over the koala.<\/p>\n

Koala Rescue said a driver travelling in the opposite direction pulled over and called the charity for help.<\/p>\n

\u201cRescuers searched the street and found two koalas by the road. They couldn\u2019t tell which one – if either – had been hit, so both were taken to the RSPCA Wildlife Hospital for a health check,\u201d Koala Rescue said in a post on social media.<\/p>\n

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Valli was later resettled into bushland near where he was found.\u00a0Today<\/p>\n

In a follow-up post, the charity confirmed both koalas had been cleared of any injuries.<\/p>\n

The charity shared a video of the two koalas, called Valli and Barsney, being resettled in different parts of Brisbane.<\/p>\n

Valli was seen climbing trees at the Mount Thompson Memorial Garden, which is near where the koalas were first found.<\/p>\n

Barnsey was rehomed in bushland in Mount Gravatt in south Brisbane.<\/p>\n

The two bike riders have not been found.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A koala has had a lucky escape after being run over by an e-bike on the side of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":578450,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[111,139,69,147,406],"class_list":["post-578449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-science","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/578449","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=578449"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/578449\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/578450"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=578449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=578449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=578449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}