The Courier Mail reports a story about a koala that survived being hit by a car travelling at 100km/hr, near Petrie in Queensland. The koala’s head and arm were forced through the car grille by the impact.

A call was made to the Caboolture Koala Care and Rescue group, who cut around the car’s grille mesh to release the animal. The koala was taken to the Australian Wildlife Hospital at Australia Zoo on the Sunshine Coast have dubbed the 8-year-old marsupial Ely “Lucky” Grills, after the late Australian television actor.
The 8-year old male koala suffered no serious injuries in the unusual car versus koala clash.

Special koala proof fencing is used along major roads through koala habitat. The fence is chain wire about 1.5m high with a 600mm wide Colorbond sheet metal strip secured to the top of the fence and clipped to the mesh. Koalas cannot climb the fence and get onto the road. This blurry photo was taken from car at speed on the freeway. Queensland, Australia.