A man has been charged with dangerous driving after he allegedly lost control of his car while doing a burnout and crashed into a strip of restaurants at Caloundra on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast.

The accident happened on Seaview Terrace at Moffat Beach at 5:00pm Wednesday, with the vehicle ending up on its side and bystanders rushing to help.

A 52-year-old man and a 49-year-old woman who had been dining at the Moffat Beach Brewing Co were taken to the Sunshine Coast University Hospital.

The Queensland Ambulance Service said the couple were in a stable condition.

Video footage shows the vehicle doing a burnout before the accident.

Police said the 49-year-old driver, from nearby Glenview, has been charged with one count of dangerous operation of a vehicle.

He is due to appear in the Caloundra Magistrates Court on December 9.

The bar manager of Moffat Beach Brewing Co, Timothy White, said there were roughly 20 to 30 people seated in the outdoor dining area of the restaurant at the time.

Mr White said he saw the car swerve to miss the traffic that was backed up and crash straight into the front of the restaurant.

“It hit the bollards on the gutter and then flipped onto its side,” he said.

“Two of our patrons got thrown back into the restaurant and suffered minor injuries I do believe, but everyone else was OK after that, which was thankful.”

People clean up after a car crashed into the Moffat Beach Brewing Co restaurant on Seaview Terrace at Moffat Beach.
A man and a woman who had been dining at the restaurant were taken to hospital.(Supplied: Adam Lugg)

‘Just heard this massive skid’

He said the outdoor dining of the restaurant was full at the time of the accident.

“We had a full patio outside — everyone was enjoying some beers and enjoying the lovely weather,” he said.

“There was a formal down at the beach and there was probably a good couple of hundred kids getting to graduate and all dressed up and looking nice and a whole bunch of nice-looking cars dropping them off.

“There was a lot of traffic backed up Seaview Terrace and I was walking out to do a round at the front of the restaurant and just heard this massive skid.”

He said everyone who was in the car was fine.

Damage to outdoor dining area of Moffat Beach Brewing Co restaurant on Queensland's Sunshine Coast with wrecked car in street.
The accident happened on Seaview Terrace at Moffat Beach.(Supplied: Adam Lugg)

“They all obviously stuck around at the scene afterwards — they were all pretty shaken up but there were no visible injuries suffered from those guys,” he said.

Mr White said the business had to close to deal with the situation but hoped to reopen on Thursday morning.

He said the council bollards helped to prevent much worse injuries.

“There are bollards with chains on them that run up the [council] pathway and that and the gutter took the initial impact from the car,” he said.

“Those two things managed to — instead of letting the car come into the restaurant — up-end the car and flip it onto its side.

Authorities at the scene of car crash into restaurant at Moffat Beach on Queensland's Sunshine Coast.
The outdoor dining of the restaurant was full at the time of the accident.(Supplied: Adam Lugg)

Source