‘Keep the windows up': Ohio driver crashes due to cicada in vehicle
'We're all well aware that these pesky cicadas don't respect personal space, including while driving,' police wrote in a social media post.
Police recommend for drivers to keep their windows up for the next several weeks.
Black bear spotted in Licking County for the first time in over two decades
No one was injured in the crash, but police jokingly noted 'the suspect fled the scene.'
The large Brood XIV, which emerges every 17 years, is making for a spectacular natural event as billions of periodical cicadas emerge across parts of the Eastern U.S., including in Georgia, southern Ohio, Kentucky, Cape Cod in Massachusetts, and Long Island, New York.
The cicadas emerge in the spring when the soil reaches a certain temperature. Once emerged, the cicadas will begin molting, and then they fly to the tree tops.
Cicadas are known for their loud buzzing, screaming sound.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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