Texas woman scared of mouse jumps out of car, car rolls into Corpus Christi Bay

According to KRISTV, an unnamed woman accidentally sent her car into the Corpus Christi Bay on Sept. 5, 2016 when a mouse brushed against her leg while she was pulling out of a parking space near Swanter Park. According to KRISTV, an unnamed woman accidentally sent her car into the Corpus Christi Bay on Sept. 5, 2016 when a mouse brushed against her leg while she was pulling out of a parking space near Swanter Park. Photo: KRISTV Photo: KRISTV Image 1 of / 3 Caption Close Texas woman scared of mouse jumps out of car, car rolls into Corpus Christi Bay 1 / 3 Back to Gallery

A stowaway mouse is being blamed for a woman's runaway car veering out of a parking space and into Corpus Christi Bay on Monday.

KRISTV reported an unnamed woman was not injured but "highly embarrassed" after she panicked and accidentally caused her SUV to dive into surrounding waters around 10:30 a.m.

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The driver told officers she was visiting nearby Swatner Park that morning, as she was leaving, she felt the rodent brush against her leg. Panicked, she jumped out of the vehicle while accidentally putting it into gear, detouring and submerging the car into the bay.

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Requests made to the Corpus Christi Police Department were not immediately returned on Wednesday, but Officer Carl Knapick told the station "this is just another" incident of cars ending up in the bay "for different reasons."

"You know, usually someone is distracted or something happens in their car" he added. "Next thing you know, the car rolls off into the water since we're so close to the water at the edge of the park."

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According to the report, the woman told police she had a preexisting "problem with mice" in her car.

There was no word on the vermin's condition.

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