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Cincinnati Police said a vehicle crashed this week after a cicada entered the car through an open window.
The Cincinnati Police Department said a single car hit a pole Monday after a cicada entered through an open window, hitting the driver in the face.
The police department also included images of the crash on social media.
# Drive a single car into a pole at 2600 Riverside Drive. Caused by a cicada that flew through an open window hitting the driver in the face. #riendebienarriveaveccigales # cigales2021 pic.twitter.com/0WWUM8y5Ye
Cincinnati Police Department (@CincyPD) June 7, 2021
The driver sustained minor injuries, CBS News reported.
Journalists and other social media users were quick to take to Twitter, sharing tips for drivers and sympathizing with the driver in the crash.
Ouch! Keep your windows closed. https://t.co/IOjbZlWbkX
Mollie Lair (@mlairwlwt) June 7, 2021
Honestly ….. I understand. https://t.co/seR3BQsACE
DaLaun Dillard (@DDillardTV) June 8, 2021
Please don’t let that be you! #Cicadas #BroodX https://t.co/kJlDE9EBeM
Kelly Rippin WLWT (@KellyRippin) June 8, 2021
This is not the first safety warning issued recently by authorities about cicadas. The Food and Drug Administration warned last week that people with allergies to seafood should not eat the bugs.
Billions of Brood X cicadas emerge from the ground and swarm in Washington, DC and 15 states in the eastern United States. Insects spend 17 years of their life underground before reproducing and laying eggs, through varying generations and cycles. insects.
The Hill contacted the Cincinnati Police Department for additional information.
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