What a buzz kill!
An Ohio driver bugged out behind the wheel when a rogue cicada flew into his SUV — causing him to lose control and flip the vehicle as he frantically tried to swat away the winged intruder.
The wild wreck unfolded Wednesday afternoon, when the bug-eyed menace zipped through an open window of the 37-year-old driver’s Kia Sorento as he cruised through Blue Ash, about 14 miles northeast of Cincinnati, according to a crash report obtained by USA Today.
The panicked motorist tried to shoo the buzzing nuisance away but ended up veering off the road, crashing into a pole and rolling his silver car onto its passenger side.
“We’re all well aware that these pesky cicada don’t respect personal space, including while driving,” the Blue Ash Police Department said in a Facebook post.
“It may be a good idea to keep the windows up for the next several weeks. As you can see, a cicada attack can be dangerous.”
Police also shared a photo of the mangled car on its side, with a shattered windshield and airbags seemingly deployed.
The driver walked away unharmed, though cops joked that the noisy suspect “fled the scene.”
Billions of the cyclical critters from the Brood XIV class are expected to descend on 13 states this year, including New York, Virginia, Pennsylvania and Ohio, experts have warned.
The red-eyed bugs are the second-largest of the periodical cicadas — a species that hunkers underground for years as nymphs, feeding on tree sap, before bursting to the surface when the soil temperatures reach 64 degrees Fahrenheit.
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