Cicada Causes A Kia To Crash

We’ve seen car crashes caused by animals before, but this is the first time we’ve heard of one triggered by a Cicada. But police in Blue Ash, Ohio have confirmed the little insect indeed was blamed for the single car accident when the driver of the pictured Kia was assaulted by it.

Minivan driver causes a multi-car accident on the highway.

Apparently, the little thing flew in through an open window. We don’t know if it landed on the driver, just flew around them, or what happened from there. All we know is it was enough for the person to forget they needed to maintain control of the crossover.

Instead, the Kia ended up on its side, the airbags deployed, with obvious damage to the front fascia, hood, windshield, and oh yeah, the entire passenger side.

Police advised everyone in the area to keep their windows rolled up for the next few weeks. We guess there a lot of cicadas around at the moment.

Honestly, this is about the last animal we expected to trigger a car wreck. We’ve seen plenty of deer cause people to crash as they dart out in the road and people jerk on the steering wheel, veering into oncoming traffic if not off the road and into a tree or something like that.

There have been cases of people crashing because a spider crawled on their arm while they’re driving. One guy even burned his house down in an attempt to kill an arachnid.

And we’ve seen cases of snakes crawling up people’s legs as they nervously try to not get bitten and not crash, which would probably also result in their getting bitten. No thanks.

Unfortunately, the suspect cicada fled the scene of the crash and is currently on the run.

Image via Blue Ash Police Department/Facebook