Dramatic scenes as expensive drift car ploughs into strip

A driver has been taken into police custody after a Holden Torana smashed into Moffat Beach Brewing Co while on its way to a school formal. SEE THE VIDEOS

A driver was taken into police custody after a car smashed into a Moffat Beach cafe.

UPDATE 9.20PM:

Popular restaurant Moffat Beach Brewing Co has been confirmed as the venue a Holden Torana ploughed into on Tuesday evening.

Dramatic scenes unfolded on the Seaview Tce strip when the vehicle was seen doing a burnout and then flipping onto its side in the crash.

Moffat Beach Brewing Co bar manager Timothy White said it was "like a bomb went off" when the car smashed into the venue with about 20 to 30 people inside.

"It was kind of like a bomb went off - everyone was scattered, there was broken glass everywhere and everyone was panicking because of the two people on the ground, but everyone was in disarray - they were everywhere," he told ABC.

"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."

The Daily understands the 1974 vehicle is registered in Victoria and has a presence online with the drag racing community.

UPDATE 6.15PM:

A driver has been taken into police custody after a car smashed into a Moffat Beach cafe. 

Video footage has shown onlookers sprinting to help the passengers involved in the car crash about 5pm. 

Paramedics were called to Seaview Tce after the car crashed into the front of the cafe and hit two pedestrians.

It's understood the car was heading to a school formal on the Coast and the driver was not a school leaver.

A Queensland Police Service spokeswoman said the car flipped and hit the awning of the cafe.

The driver of a Rav 4 was lucky to suffer only minor injuries after a collision on Boat Harbour Drive sent his vehicle out of control. . Picture: Alistair Brightman

"A man was taken into custody," she said. 

A man in his 50s who suffered a leg injury and a woman in her 40s who suffered minor injuries were taken to SCUH.

EARLIER:

Two pedestrians have been rushed to hospital after they were struck by a car before it crashed into a building.

A Queensland Ambulance Service spokeswoman said paramedics were called to Seaview Tce at Moffat Beach just before 5pm.

Two pedestrians have been rushed to hospital after they were struck by a car when it crashed into a Moffat Beach cafe.

Four people were assessed by paramedics on scene after the vehicle crashed into the front of a building and hit two pedestrians.

A man in his 50s suffered a leg injury while a woman in her 40s suffered minor injuries.

They were both taken in a stable condition to Sunshine Coast University Hospital.

Two teenagers were also assessed but declined transport to hospital.

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