Smashed up Hyundai Palisade stopped by Vic police with no front

Victoria Police stopped a 41-year-old woman who was driving a Hyundai Palisade with no bonnet, front guards, windscreen, rear glass, or front bumper.

Police “had to do a double-take”, according to a media release, when officers noticed the Palisade passing by them on McIntyre Road, in the West-Melbourne suburb of Sunshine at 3.30pm on Saturday.

The driver had been issued with a defect notice by police on the prior Wednesday and been advised not to drive the vehicle. The area where police stopped the Palisade was over 25 kilometres from the woman’s place of residence in Brighton.

The penalty issued for driving the smashed-up Palisade was three demerit points and a $740 fine, for “using a light vehicle in breach of a major defect notice.”

Police did not reveal further details about what caused the extensive damage to the Palisade in question.

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It does not appear that airbags were deployed in a prior accident, but there are two orange pillows in the back. It’s anyone’s guess where the front bumper, guards, and bonnet went.