A woman narrowly escaped a potentially deadly encounter with a venomous tiger snake that slithered up her leg while she was ...

Police in Australia said a woman was forced to fend off a deadly tiger snake in her vehicle while driving 50 miles per hour ...

A snake handler captures a deadly tiger snake, after a woman discovered the reptile “slithering up her leg” while she was ...

A driver cruising down a highway in eastern Australia felt something on her foot and discovered a deadly tiger snake ...

Police said that the woman was 'remarkably' able to fend off the snake and weave through traffic before pulling over in the ...

Tiger snakes, named after their coloured stripes, are among the most venomous snakes in the world, according to the state's ...

Parts of south-east Queensland saw their wettest December day in about 20 years as storms lashed the region. Footage shows the moment a Townsville man confronted a group of criminals before chasing ...

A barefoot driver has narrowly escaped a terrifying encounter with a deadly tiger snake in Victoria.

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The shaken driver was taken to the hospital for observation, and the snake was released "well away from houses, people and ...