Semi-truck transporting millions of honey bees rolls on I-5 in Lynnwood, WA; Firefighters and beekeepers working to get bees under control and reloaded
Modified Date:
Tue, 10/18/2016 - 5:58pmAccident Date:
Friday, April 17, 2015
Semi carrying load of honey bees overturns on I-5
Numerous boxes of bees were crushed in the crash. Each box contained about 5,000 bees.
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Un-Bee-Lievable: Bees on the Loose After Washington Truck Crash
A semi-truck carrying a load a honey bees overturns on Interstate 5 near Lynnwood, Washington, Friday (April 17) spreading boxes of live bees across the highway.
Semi carrying millions of bees overturns on highway
Video showed dozens of boxes of live bees scattered across the road. Beekeepers from the company who owns the bees, Belleville Honey in Burlingon, are at the scene, used smoke to calm the bees and get them back into boxes and loaded onto trucks.
Driver fined after truck tipped, spilled millions of bees
The Daily Herald newspaper in Everett reports that the Washington State Patrol cited the truck driver with second-degree negligent driving. Trooper Mark Francis says the 36-year-old Idaho man was driving too fast for conditions and the weight of the truck.
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At about 3:30am, a semi-truck changing from northbound I-405 to northbound I-5 rolled onto its side, resulting in its cargo, millions of bees in boxes each containing about 5000, being spilled across the freeway. Thousands of bees escaped, and while beekeepers are using smoke to calm the bees and attempt to reload them, firefighters had to resort to using foam to kill many of them. The driver of the bee truck was not injured in the crash, and cleanup of the scene should be complete by about 10:00am.
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Type: Truck Accident
Topics:
Unusual Circumstances, Animals/Wildlife Involved, Rollover, Non-Fuel Spill, High-Speed/Excessive SpeedRoadway:
I-5City:
Lynnwood, WACounty:
Snohomish County, WAArea:
Everett-Bellingham WA
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