Driver Battles Deadly Snake During High-Speed Ride in Australia

As a University of Queensland snake expert reportedly explained, the type of snake encountered by the driver “[has] unusually fast-acting venom and can kill within 15 minutes”.

A 27-year old man from Queensland ended up in quite a predicament as he discovered that he was sharing his vehicle with a brown snake while driving down the Dawson Highway, ABC News reports.

As the driver later told cops, he was “driving at 100 kilometres an hour” and “started to brake” when he detected the snake’s presence.

Using a seat belt and a work knife to battle the creature while bringing his car to a stop, the driver managed to kill the snake, and then drove at high speed to the nearest hospital as he feared that he had been bitten.

When police officers spotted his car doing 123 kilometers per hour and pulled him over, the man explained the situation to them, asking them to “feel” his heart.

University of Queensland snake expert Associate Professor Bryan Fry, however, noted that the driver had a good reason to “freak out”, the media outlet points out.

Sourse: sputniknews.com