Brisbane woman’s trip to a CBD shopping centre quickly became a nightmare after an alleged carjacking attempt saw her wildly dragged down the road for several hundred metres.

The woman, 22, was last night hospitalised with serious injuries after the alleged carjacker crashed the blue Mitsubishi Lancer hatchback that the victim had been sitting inside before was allegedly ambushed.

Minutes earlier, the woman’s friend had left the car running and her alone while he went inside a Nando’s restaurant in the Buranda Shopping Centre, in Woolloongabba, to pick up some food.