WATCH: Giant runaway pumpkin crashes through intersection, knocks down streetlights

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PEORIA, Ariz. — Halloween frights came early for drivers and pedestrians in Arizona as a giant, inflatable pumpkin emerged from a group of trees before bouncing through a busy intersection.

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In the video captured Thursday, the 25-foot  Jack-o'-lantern rolls across multiple lanes of traffic before it gets stuck beneath a streetlight pole.

It then breaks free and travels about a quarter of a mile more, bouncing over a wall, rolling through a business parking lot and eventually landing in a neighborhood park.

City officials said strong winds caused the pumpkin to break free from a display promoting a Halloween party.

No one was injured in the great pumpkin escape, but it did cause damage to several street lights.