STUPIDITY AS DRIVER JUMPS OUT OF A MOVING CAR TO AVOID BEING BITTEN BY A MARE SPIDER

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. 

She said:

"I saw something scurry across the steering wheel, and realized it was a huge spider," she wrote in an email. "I don't like critters." 

She said she made a sharp right turn and her friend managed to slam the car into park before DiGiovanna "leaped out the door." Luckily, no one was injured.

"I felt a little silly because in reality the spider wouldn't have hurt me, but it was definitely a scary few moments," she added.