A creepy crawly scare led a woman to jump out a moving van and crash her vehicle into a river. The unidentified Georgia woman was backing her Kia van down a boat ramp to put her kayak in a river in Kingston on Sunday when she was started by a spider that was on her lap. According to a Georgia State Patrol press release, the terrified woman jumped out of the vehicle without putting it into park. <img class="wp-image-7154 size-full" src="https://img.vt.co/2017/09/rsz_gettyimages-83841846-min.jpg" alt="spider in web" width="850" height="450" />[[imagecaption|| Credit: Getty]] The van then rolled into the Etowah River, floated downstream a few feet and became "totally submerged". It has not been spotted since, with a boater in the area trying to find it but failing. Authorities have stated the woman's insurance company will try to get a dive team to locate and remove the van. A GSP statement obtained by <a href="https://www.ajc.com/news/local/woman-says-spider-made-her-sink-van-into-north-georgia-river/ZY2GtDVFwtjUXpdtlTMAAK/">AJC</a> read: "She stated that it floated downstream a few feet. And within seconds, it was totally submerged. A passerby in a boat attempted to locate the van, but without success." The incident comes after police in Cairo, New York, <a href="http://vt.co/animals/stories/police-issue-warning-after-woman-crashes-car-because-she-saw-a-spider/">issued a warning on Facebook in April when a woman crashed her car after she saw a spider while driving.</a> <img class="wp-image-12506832 " src="https://img.vt.co/2019/04/497f3734-spider-crash-1.jpg" alt="Crashed car" width="849" height="659" />[[imagecaption|| Credit: Town of Cairo New York Police Department]] The Town of Cairo New York Police Department named arachnophobia a "contributing factor that is not covered too often" on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/CairoNYPolice123/posts/1791318284347307?__tn__=-R">Facebook</a> after the unidentified woman destroyed her vehicle and suffered a leg injury. "After investigating today's crash on Silver Spur Road we feel it necessary to bring up a contributing factor that is not covered too often," they wrote. "It is believed that the operator of the vehicle noticed a SPIDER in the drivers area with her as she was driving. The operator panicked and crashed suffering a leg injury from the crash." [sic] The post continued: "We know that it is easier for some drivers than others but PLEASE, try to teach new drivers and yourselves to overcome the fear and pull over to a safe place. Lives depend on it."

Woman crashes van into a river after spider landed on her lap

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