HOLIDAYMAKERS at a Queensland caravan park rushed to help when a motorhome plunged over sand dunes in an early morning drama which almost ended in tragedy.

Sunbathers fled for their lives as the out-of-control motorhome headed for the beach after the driver's sandal became caught in the accelerator at the Sunshine Coast's three-and-a-half star Mooloolaba Beach Caravan Park.

According to local media reports, the 60-year-old driver from the Gold Coast had been attempting to reverse off wooden chocks.

Luckily, rocks prevented the motorhome from careering into four young Brisbane university students who had been lying on the sand directly in the vehicle's path.

"We heard a woman screaming and saw the van above us," of them told the media. "We jumped up and ran for it."

The shocked driver escaped serious injury, only cutting his hand as he frantically attempted to free his trapped foot.

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