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A woman rolled her car Wednesday morning in Portland after a spider apparently dropped down from her rear-view mirror and she drove into a ditch.

(Courtesy/Washington County Sheriff )

A woman suffered only minor injuries after she was driving on Northwest Thompson Road in Washington County on Wednesday morning when along came a spider, which distracted the driver, and led the vehicle astray, officials said.

The woman apparently became frightened when the arachnid dropped down from her rearview mirror as she approached Northwest McDaniels Road, officials said, and she lost control of the vehicle, flipping the car in the ensuing crash.

Spider season in full swing.Driver not injured after crash when spider drops from mirror on NW Thompson Rd today.BR pic.twitter.com/oV3woHyv9Z — WCSO Oregon (@WCSOOregon) September 21, 2016

The driver suffered only a minor scratch to her hand, KATU reported, but it was unclear whether the spider was injured.

The road was cut to one lane following the crash while crews worked to remove the overturned vehicle.

The spider-caused crash appears to have no relation to a 911 call made by a Forest Grove teenager in 2013 to report a "massive freaking creature" that was actually a baseball-sized spider.

-- Kale Williams

kwilliams@oregonian.com

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