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10 people in Barton Co. crash involving spider released from hospital

emergencyGREAT BEND, Kan. (AP) — Officials say 10 of 11 people injured in a car crash in Great Bend that involved a spider have been released from the hospital.

Great Bend Regional Hospital chief operating officer Adina Gregory said Monday that one of the injured people stayed at the hospital overnight and is in stable condition.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2003 Pontiac Grand Am driven by Diana Nicole Bell, 17, Claflin, was eastbound on U.S.56 one mile east of Great Bend.

The driver noticed a spider on her lap.

She let go of the steering wheel and started swatting at the spider.

The vehicle crossed the centerline and struck a 2005 Jeep Liberty driven by Felix Perez, 62, Liberal, head on.

The Jeep bounced off and struck a 2005 Dodge Caravan driven by Charleeann Dailing, 33, Satanta, head on which was traveling eastbound on U56.

The debris from the second collision struck a 2010 Chevy Impala.

Bell, Perez, Dailing, and passengers in the Jeep Patricia Roldan-Perez, 56, David Perez, 15, Edith Rivera-Perez, 3, all of Liberal and passengers in the Caravan Jerod William Dailing, 36, Nickerson, Ethan Witthuhn, 9, Julieann Dailing, 3, Tahjay Harrison, 5, Amy Cole, 7, all of Hutchinson were transported to Great Bend Regional Medical Center.

The driver of the Impala and a passenger were not injured.

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