Buzzing cicada causes panicked Ohio driver to lose control and flip car: 'Keep the windows up'
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What a buzz kill!

A driver in Ohio lost control of his SUV after a cicada unexpectedly flew in through the window, leading to a crash as he panicked and attempted to fend off the insect.

This chaotic incident took place on Wednesday afternoon when the cicada flew into the 37-year-old man’s Kia Sorento as he was driving in Blue Ash, located about 14 miles from Cincinnati, as noted in a crash report acquired by USA Today.

The driver, startled by the buzzing insect, tried to get rid of it but ended up swerving off the road, hitting a pole, and flipping his vehicle 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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