Traffic & Transit
Itsy Bitsy Spider Causes Small Car To Hit Big Transit Bus In Mansfield: Crash Report
A spider caused a crash in Mansfield over the weekend, state police report says.
MANSFIELD, CT — The itsy bitsy spider apparently came up in front a driver on Route 195 in Mansfield and her car then hit a transit bus in the following mayhem, according to a state police crash report.
The crash occurred at 11:45 on Saturday, state police said.
At that time, a transit bus was heading north on Route 195 near Bassetts Bridge Road in Mansfield and a passenger car was traveling south on Route 195, according to a crash report.
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The driver the 2017 Honda Accord became distracted by a spider in the vehicle and it drifted over the center line and side-swiped the Windham Transit District bus, according to a crash report.
The vehicles sustained what state police described as "functional damage."
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All 10 aboard the bus escaped injury, as did the driver of the car, a crash report indicates.
A crash report does not indicate what happened to the spider.
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