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Teens joy ride in stolen school bus: cops
Two teenagers have allegedly smashed a stolen school bus into a parked car and trailer during a 200 km joy ride in central Queensland.
April 30, 2019
Two teenagers are accused of taking a 200 km joy ride through central Queensland in a stolen bus, leaving a trail of destruction in their wake.
The pair, both 13, broke into a school near Mackay on Monday about 5.30am where they stole the keys for a bus and took off in it, police say.
“Cleaning staff arrived and noticed the (office) door was open and then they noticed the back window was pushed out,” a spokeswoman told AAP.
The youths are alleged to have driven the bus over a roundabout, narrowly missing another vehicle as they sped north.
“A car had to slam on their brakes to avoid a crash,” the spokeswoman said.
“The (bus) also crashed into a parked car and trailer.”
The pair eventually came to a halt in a vacant lot in Bowen, north of Mackay, yet not before causing a car accident when they careened through a give-way intersection.
They have been charged with entering premises and committing an indictable offence, unlawfully using a motor vehicle and the dangerous operation of a motor vehicle.