Venomous tiger snake slithers up driver’s leg on Melbourne freeway
by Catie McLeod from Environment | The Guardian on (#6SM20)
Woman weaves through traffic at 80km/h before fleeing from snake in car barefoot and attempting to flag down passing motorists
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Victoria police have carried out one of the more bizarre welfare checks" after a deadly tiger snake slithered up a driver's leg as she was travelling at 80km/h on a major freeway.
Police said they were called to Monash Freeway near the Toorak Rd exit in Melbourne's eastern suburbs on Saturday morning after receiving reports of a barefoot woman trying to flag down passing traffic.
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