Austrian motorist badly hurt after rolling over car while swatting at spider

KLAGENFURT, Austria (AP) - A driver who swatted at a spider inside his car hit an embankment Thursday and flipped the vehicle over, critically injuring himself, police said.

The victim was airlifted by helicopter to a hospital in the southern province of Carinthia after firefighters cut him free from the wreckage, authorities said.

They said he told police he was trying to get a spider off his face when he lost control of the vehicle. The extent of his injuries was not immediately known.