{"id":18215,"date":"2024-12-01T14:31:10","date_gmt":"2024-12-01T14:31:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/woman-fends-off-deadly-snake-on-melbourne-motorway\/"},"modified":"2024-12-01T14:31:10","modified_gmt":"2024-12-01T14:31:10","slug":"woman-fends-off-deadly-snake-on-melbourne-motorway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/woman-fends-off-deadly-snake-on-melbourne-motorway\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman fends off deadly snake on Melbourne motorway"},"content":{"rendered":"


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The driver left one of her shoes behind as she leapt out of the car, police said<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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A driver had to make an unexpected stop on a Melbourne motorway after she looked down to find a deadly snake inside her car – and slithering up her leg.<\/p>\n

The police were called to conduct a welfare check on the woman, who was “acting hiss-terically on the side of the road” attempting to flag down passing cars, Victoria Police said.<\/p>\n

The woman told officers she had been driving at 80km\/h (50mph) on the Monash freeway when she felt something on her foot.<\/p>\n

Melbourne Snake Control were called in to retrieve the animal, which was identified as a tiger snake, one of the world’s most venomous reptiles.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The driver was taken to hospital for a suspected snake bite and is doing well, Melbourne Snake Control said on a social media post.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Police released this photo, saying “we called in the experts to make sure the snake was safely relocated”<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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“Remarkably, she was able to fend the snake off her and weave through traffic before pulling over and leaping out of her car to safety”, Victoria Police said.<\/p>\n

Officers said she had been “rattled” and “in a state of shock”.<\/p>\n

Passing drivers were “left in bewilderment” as the snake was pulled out of the car, police added; Tim Nanninga from Melbourne Snake Control said some in traffic started to video the removal.<\/p>\n

He told ABC News he released the snake back into the wild “well away from houses, people and pets”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Tiger snakes, found along Australia’s coast, are highly venomous<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n


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