Cedar Grove resident Bec Crawford is appealing to motorists to secure their loads after her car crashed into a stray bale of hay that then caught fire under her vehicle on the Mount Lindesay Highway.
Ms Crawford said she was driving north on the highway about 6.15pm on June 21 when the incident occurred.
Her Ford Focus is still to be assessed for insurance purposes but she said she expected the worst outcome.
Ms Crawford said as she reached Round Ridge Road she could see oncoming traffic deviating from their path.
“I couldn’t see anything (blocking the road) because it’s so dark in that strip before Round Ridge Round,” she said.
“I thought maybe there had been a dead kangaroo on the road.”
Ms Crawford said she applied the brakes but had not reduced enough speed before her vehicle hit the hay.
“I didn’t even see it,” she said.
“I was in shock so I just kept driving past Round Ridge Road and stopped at the bus stop near the Millstream Road lights.
“Lucky a nice lady stopped to help me because the hay had caught on fire.”
Ms Crawford said she was physically fine after the crash.
“I’ve got a bit of a sore neck, but it could have been so much worse if my little one had been in the car,” she said.
Ms Crawford said she had heard from other drivers that there had been several instances where hay had been dropped on the highway.
Jimboomba police station officer in charge Senior Sergeant Peter Waugh said he was appalled that people were still failing to secure goods they were transporting.
“We are seeing things like this occur time and time again,” he said.
“No only does it make a mess of our roads, but someone could be injured by this in a very serious crash.”
Senior Sergeant Waugh said Ms Crawford’s incident was being investigated.
An infringement notice for failing to secure a load is worth $243.