A man has been charged over an alleged drunk-driving rampage south of Brisbane, which police said saw him continue driving for several minutes with the car's bonnet blocking his windscreen.
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Police said he crashed into six other cars within about 10 minutes during a wild 24 hours on south-east Queensland roads that included two separate police helicopter chases.
The 26-year-old Beenleigh man allegedly crashed into a truck at a Logan Aldi about 5.50pm before crashing into another car as he drove away.
The impact of the Bethania crash forced the bonnet up over the windscreen but the man allegedly kept driving, causing another four-car crash on nearby Waterford Tamborine Road.
When police tried to stop him in Waterford, still with the bonnet over the windscreen, he allegedly crossed to the other side of the road, ran a red light and kept driving.
Finally about 6pm, the car was spotted back in Bethania driving at "low speed due to mechanical issues" and police eventually charged the man with dangerous operation of a vehicle, assault police and drink-driving.
Police are questioning four other men after an extended police helicopter chase in Brisbane's south saw a car stopped with tyre stingers on two separate occasions.
The men allegedly assaulted a 33-year-old man at Eight Mile Plains about 9.15pm, before stealing his car.
Polair tracked the car and police dropped stingers at Gailes about 10pm but the men allegedly fled the scene.
While police were arresting three of the men, the fourth allegedly got back into the car and drove off, eventually being brought to a halt by more stingers on the Logan Motorway at Mount Gravatt.
The teenage occupants were charged with a series of offences, including burglary and failing to stop.
Police have also laid charges over another police helicopter pursuit following an incident in Esk, west of Lake Wivenhoe, about 5am.
Two men were allegedly assaulted in their beds and threatened with guns before their assailants stole a sedan and drove off.
Polair spotted the car about 8.20pm in Ipswich and police took out all four tyres with stingers in Bundamba.
Police arrested the passenger, a 17-year-old Riverview man, but the 24-year-old driver from north Booval allegedly fled, tried to steal another car and tried to punch an officer before he was eventually arrested.
He was charged with a series of driving offences and assaulting police.
