MAINE TODAY (Portland, Maine) 08 July 08 Surprise snake leads to crash
Dresden: An unexpected passenger is being blamed for an Indian Road crash last week.
The 16-year-old Wiscasset driver told police following the July 1 crash that a garden snake crawled from a bag of returnable bottles in the back seat and crawled across her shoulder, according to a Lincoln County Sheriff 's deputy.
The surprised girl, whose name was withheld due to her age, drove her vehicle into trees off the side of the road.
The girl was not injured.
The 2002 Saturn the girl was driving sustained an estimated $4,000 in damage.
Surprise snake leads to crash