Quick-thinking parents save son after funnel web spider bite

Madeline Crittenden
Updated January 30 2019 - 3:08pm, first published January 11 2018 - 10:00pm
Seven-year-old Riley Schmidt from Hill Top was bitten by this funnel web on January 7.
Seven-year-old Riley Schmidt from Hill Top was bitten by this funnel web on January 7.

A quick-thinking mum and dad saved their son from the wrath of a deadly spider last week. 

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Madeline Crittenden

Madeline Crittenden is a journalist for Fairfax Media at the South Coast Register.

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