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21 Sep 18:00

Spider Scares Mother So Badly That She Jumps Out of Moving Car, Leaving Her Child Behind

by Jon Street

Angela Kipp, 35, was so scared by a spider that she leapt out of a moving car, leaving behind her 9-year-old son in the back seat.

Image source: WXIN-TV

Kipp was backing out of her driveway in Syracuse, Indiana, with the boy in the back seat when she literally jumped out of the vehicle after realizing that a spider had landed on her shoulder, according to WXIN-TV.

The Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department said the child in the backseat sprang into the front seat and tried to hit the brake but instead tapped the accelerator, catapulting the car onto the road and into a school bus.

Image source: WXIN-TV

There were no children on board the school bus, and the driver was not injured.

The child was taken to Indiana University hospital to be treated for minor head injuries. It was not clear whether Kipp suffered any injuries.

The Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment from TheBlaze.

(H/T: WXIN-TV)

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Real Estate Heir Durst Could Face Death Penalty in Murder

by Oliver Darcy

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Los Angeles prosecutors have filed a murder charge against real estate heir Robert Durst that could carry the death penalty.

NEW ORLEANS (@AP) — Police: Millionaire NY real-estate heir jailed for murder also booked on weapons charges.

— TheBlazeNOW (@TheBlazeNOW) March 17, 2015

Prosecutors said Durst was charged Monday with first-degree murder in the killing of his friend, Susan Berman.

In this Aug. 15, 2014 file photo, New York City real estate heir Robert Durst leaves a Houston courtroom. (Image source: AP/Pat Sullivan, File)

Durst was arrested in New Orleans over the weekend on a murder warrant and waived extradition to return to Los Angeles to face the charges.

Berman had acted as Durst’s spokeswoman after his wife disappeared in 1982.

She was shot in the back of the head in her Los Angeles home in December 2000 just before New York authorities planned to interview her about Kathleen Durst’s disappearance.

Prosecutors say Durst would be eligible for execution under special circumstances alleging murder of a witness and lying in wait with use of a gun. They will make that decision later.

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Matt.Stum

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