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Related: About this forumWoman tries to escape moving car due to spider; causes crash
An Indiana woman leapt from a moving car on Friday after noticing a spider on her shoulder, authorities say.
Angela Kipp, 35, was backing her Dodge Avenger out of her driveway in Syracuse when she spotted the arachnid, Kosciusko County Sheriffs Department told news station 11 Alive. Kipps 9-year-old son moved from the back seat and tried to hit the brakes, but mistakenly pushed down the accelerator, sending the vehicle straight into a passing school bus.
The boy, who authorities found lying on the ground outside the vehicle, was taken to a hospital for minor head injuries, according to The Elkhart Truth. The bus driver wasnt injured, and there were no passengers on the bus.
Kosciusko County Sheriffs Department was unable to tell The Huffington Post whether Kipp might face charges in the crash.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/driver-leaps-from-moving-car-spider-crash_56005464e4b00310edf8081d?utm_hp_ref=weird-news
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Woman tries to escape moving car due to spider; causes crash (Original Post)
UrbScotty
Sep 2015
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Adsos Letter
(19,459 posts)1. I had a large Black Widow zip across my chest once.
Last edited Mon Sep 21, 2015, 11:36 PM - Edit history (1)
Was kicked back in a recliner in the living room.
Don't know how it would have played out had I been driving.
Spider now resides in a baby food jar half-full of vodka on the bookcase.
Javaman
(63,222 posts)3. Mmm pickled spider. nt
liberal N proud
(61,000 posts)2. Vehicle crashes due to spiders is not uncommon
Where I work, a woman planted her car on top of the security gate because of a spider.
FSogol
(46,915 posts)4. True, but bees cause a lot of wrecks too. n/t
liberal N proud
(61,000 posts)5. Oh sure, blame the bees
It's always the bee's fault.
valerief
(53,235 posts)6. Probably why Monsanto killed them all. nt