Woman tries to escape moving car due to spider; causes crash

[UrbScotty]

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 Sheriff’s Department told news station 11 Alive. Kipp’s 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 wasn’t injured, and there were no passengers on the bus.

Kosciusko County Sheriff’s 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

[Adsos Letter]

1. I had a large Black Widow zip across my chest once.

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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]

3. Mmm pickled spider. nt

[liberal N proud]

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]

4. True, but bees cause a lot of wrecks too. n/t

[liberal N proud]

5. Oh sure, blame the bees

It's always the bee's fault.

[valerief]

6. Probably why Monsanto killed them all. nt