An arachnophobic woman jumped from her moving car after spotting a spider on her shoulder, leaving her nine-year-old to crash the vehicle into a school bus.
Motorist Angela Kipp was backing out of her driveway in Syracuse, in the US state of Indiana, when she saw the arachnid and leapt out while the car was still in reverse gear.
Her son, who was in the back, climbed into the driver's seat and tried to step on the brake, but instead hit the accelerator pedal to send the vehicle ploughing into a school bus.
He was taken to hospital with minor head injuries. No children were on the bus and the driver was not injured in the incident on September 18, police said.
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Sgt Chad Hill of Kosciusko County Sheriff's Department said Ms Kipp would probably not face charges.
Additional reporting by AP