This Woman Suddenly Stopped On The Toll Road Because There Was A Deadly Snake In Her Car

Tiger snake in the park around Melbourne, Australia. (Wikimedia Commons/Teneche)

Australian police said a woman was forced to fend off a deadly tiger snake in her vehicle while driving at a speed of 50 miles per hour on an expressway outside Melbourne.

Officers responded to reports of a naked woman trying to stop the vehicle on the Monash Free Way side on Saturday last week, Victorian Police said in a statement.

The woman told officers she was traveling at a speed of 80 kilometers per hour (50 miles per hour), when she felt something in her legs and looked down to find a tiger snake one of the most venomous snakes in the world creeping in his feet.

"Greatly enough, he was able to fend off the snake and pass through traffic before pulling over and jumping out of his car in a safe place," police said, adding he was being questioned by paramedics to make sure he was not bitten.

The Nanninga team from Melbourne Snake Control, who was called to the scene to catch and move the snake, said the woman in Melbourne was very lucky. "It's magical how he got out of the road and parked his car safely," he told CNN affiliate, 9News.

"Usually when snakes are in the car, they find a very good little hiding hole and they can stay there for days and not get out, but we are lucky the snake moved to the back of the car," he said.

Experts say Melbourne's tropical weather recently pulled snakes out of tributaries and riverbeds, 9News reported.

Australia is known to be known for its deadly creatures, including various sharks, snakes, and the world's two most venomous spiders.

In October, a climber was found alive after being bitten by a snake as it disappeared for nearly two weeks in the Snowy Mountains, Australia.