GREAT BEND- Eleven people were injured in a 4-vehicle accident just before 2p.m. on Sunday in Barton County.
The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2003 Pontiac Grand Am driven by Diana Nicole Bell, 17, Claflin, was eastbound on U.S.56 one mile east of Great Bend.
The driver noticed a spider on her lap.
She let go of the steering wheel and started swatting at the spider.
The vehicle crossed the centerline and struck a 2005 Jeep Liberty driven by Felix Perez, 62, Liberal, head on.
The Jeep bounced off and struck a 2005 Dodge Caravan driven by Charleeann Dailing, 33, Satanta, head on which was traveling eastbound on U56.
The debris from the second collision struck a 2010 Chevy Impala.
Bell, Perez, Dailing, and passengers in the Jeep Patricia Roldan-Perez, 56, David Perez, 15, Edith Rivera-Perez, 3, all of Liberal and passengers in the Caravan Jerod William Dailing, 36, Nickerson, Ethan Witthuhn, 9, Julieann Dailing, 3, Tahjay Harrison, 5, Amy Cole, 7, all of Hutchinson were transported to Great Bend Regional Medical Center.
The driver of the Impala and a passenger were not injured.
All were properly restrained at the time of the accident, according to the KHP.