SYRACUSE, Ind., Sept. 21 (UPI) — Authorities in Indiana said a mother who spotted a spider jumped out of her moving car — leaving her 9-year-old son behind to crash the vehicle.
The Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department said Angela Kipp, 35, was backing her Dodge Avenger out of her Syracuse driveway about 4:15 p.m. Friday when she spotted a spider on her shoulder and panicked.
Kipp opened her door and ran out of the vehicle, leaving her 9-year-old son alone in the moving car.
Investigators said the boy climbed into the driver seat and tried to apply the brake, but stepped on the accelerator instead. The car collided with a school bus that was not carrying any children.
The boy was treated for minor injuries. The Wawasee Corporation School Bus driver was not injured.
The sheriff’s department said an investigation was launched.
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