Car crashes into rocks at Rippleside beach

The car smashed through one set of bollards before driving between two others, across the beach and into a large pile of rocks.

An out of control car at Rippleside drove across the sand into a Breakwater . Picture: Mark Wilson

A woman in her 80s was taken to hospital after a car smashed through wooden bollards, drove across sand and crashed into rocks at Rippleside Beach in Geelong’s north on Wednesday.

Emergency services responded to the crash involving a light-coloured Toyota sedan about 3.30pm. The car smashed through the bollards at the bottom of the carpark on the southern side of Rippleside Park

An out-of-control car at Rippleside drove across the sand into a wall of rocks . Picture: Mark Wilson

Emergency services at the scene. Picture: Mark Wilson

An injured woman was taken to hosital. Picture: Mark Wilson

It then split a gap between two concrete bollards and drove over the beach, hitting the rocks and coming to rest in a garden bed.

Police and an ambulance remained at the crash scene for some time.

Ambulance Victoria said the woman was taken to Geelong hospital by road ambulance.

Originally published as Car crashes into rocks at Rippleside beach