Teens joy ride in stolen school bus: cops

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.