A knife-wielding woman has successfully robbed a southeast Queensland bank only to be arrested and charged after crashing the stolen getaway car.

Police allege the 35-year-old Ipswich woman stole a 76-year-old woman's car at the Corinda shopping centre on Tuesday before driving west to Lowood, west of Brisbane.

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It was there that she robbed the Bendigo Bank on Walters Street and threatened staff.

However her getaway came to an end when she crashed into a truck near Ipswich during a police pursuit.

She is due to appear in the Ipswich Magistrates Court on Wednesday on a string of charges including armed robbery and robbery with violence.

AAP