The tractor-trailer carrying the bees overturned on the ramp from Route 896 to Interstate 95. (Suchat Pederson/Wilmington News-Journal/Associated Press)
As many as 20 million swarming bees were released after a tractor-trailer hauling them overturned on a highway ramp near the Delaware city of Newark early Tuesday evening. State police reopened the ramp Wednesday morning, 12 hours after the crash.
The tractor-trailer fell on its side about 6:10 p.m. on a curve on a ramp from Route 896 to Interstate 95, said state police spokesman Sgt. Paul Shavack.
The rig, travelling from Florida to Maine, carried 460 crated hives, or an estimated 16 million to 20 million honeybees.
The driver and two passengers were able to get out of the vehicle, but were stung 50 to 100 times each, troopers said. They also suffered minor injuries in the crash and were taken to Christiana Hospital.
Shavack said there were reports of passers-by being stung.
Three bee handlers were sent to the scene. ( Suchat Pederson/Wilmington News-Journal/Associated Press)
State police have had an official honeybee swarm removal plan for 14 years and this is the first time they used it, Shavack said.
Shavack says three on-call bee handlers were sent to the scene and they are working with firefighters to spray water on the insects, the crates and the truck.
"There's no rounding them up," Shavack said of the bees. "The water will disperse and calm the bee activity."
He said he hopes once the bee situation is mitigated, troopers will be able to right the truck, move it and reopen the ramp to traffic.
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