http://ksn.com/2015/10/18/khp-teen-driver-trying-to-swat-spider-causes-4-car-car-crash-injuring-11/
11 injured in Great Bend crash involving spider
GREAT BEND, Kansas – The Kansas Highway Patrol says a 17-year-old girl who tried to swat a spider on her lap allegedly caused a four-car crash in Barton County Sunday that sent 11 people to a local hospital.
KHP troopers say the incident happened shortly after 1:30 p.m. about one mile east of Great Bend on US 56 highway when the teen, driving an eastbound 2003 Pontiac Grand Am, noticed a spider on her lap and let go of the steering wheel to swat it away.
Troopers say that’s when her car crossed the center line and struck a 2005 Jeep Liberty head-on. The Jeep then bounced off Trans Am and struck a 2005 Dodge Caravan head-on that also was heading eastbound on the highway. The debris from the second collision then struck a 2010 Chevrolet Impala.
KHP says the driver of the Grand Am, four people in the Jeep and six people in the Caravan were injured in the crash. All 11 victims were taken to Great Bend Regional Hospital. Their conditions were not reported.
The driver and the passenger in the Impala were uninjured in the crash.
US 56 highway near the crash site was closed for more than an hour as emergency crews helped those injured and towing companies removed the damaged vehicles.