Police: Indiana woman scared by spider jumps from moving car, leaving child behind

Monday, September 21, 2015
KOSCIUSKO COUNTY, IN (WPVI) -- A spider scared a driver so badly that she jumped out of a moving car without her child.

The woman told police she was backing out of the driveway when a spider landed on her shoulder. The woman jumped from the moving car and ran, leaving behind her 9-year-old child.
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The child jumped into the front seat to try to hit the brake, but hit the accelerator instead. The car hit a school bus and the child suffered minor injuries.

There were no children on the bus.
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