DEATH VALLEY, Calif. – A tractor trailer carrying beehives rolled over on CA-190 in Death Valley National Park on November 6. The driver and several emergency responders were stung by bees.
The tractor trailer was traveling down a steep grade west of Towne Pass when the driver lost control of the truck around 9:55 a.m. The truck overturned several times, scattering the cargo of beehives.
Passersby extracted the driver from the truck, getting stung by bees in the process. California Highway Patrol and National Park Service provided emergency response. The driver, a 35-year-old man from Las Vegas, had traumatic injuries from the rollover and bee stings. He was driven by ambulance to Panamint Springs Resort, where he was transferred by a Mercy Air helicopter ambulance to Antelope Valley Hospital.
The remnants of Hurricane Hilary damaged CA-190 in August. Most of CA-190 reopened on October 15, but is not fully repaired. Construction is in progress and sections of the road are missing pavement. There was no flood damage near this traffic collision.
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One of these trucks was in a rest stop one year when we then pulled into. We batted bees to and from the restrooms.
Beehive truck crash; “Oh, the HYMENOPTERAY!“
Hi, Elliot. I guessed at what that was and when I looked it up to be sure, I learned not only that but also the fact that there are over 150,000 living species of Hymenoptera. Wow! Thanks for teaching me something new today.👍 Have a good evening/night.🐝 😀 –Diane at RVtravel.com
Yeah, there was a lotta buzz about the crash of that Humdinberg truck!🙄
👍😅🐝 A lotta buzz, but not enough info. Have a great day, Elliot. 😀 -Diane at RVtravel.com
What happened to the Bee’s?
No clue, Swede. I just tried searching for more info in several news stories and no one said anything about the bees, and no update on the condition of the driver. Sorry. Have a good afternoon/evening. 😀 –Diane at RVtravel.com
This could spell disaster for whomever was expecting this load of bees to be delivered.
Interesting. No mention of how or why this happened.
Hi, Tommy. It mentions that the driver lost control when he was going down a steep grade, but who knows why? Have a good afternoon/evening. 😀 –Diane
Possibly distracted by the bees in his cab? Hope the bees find a healthy path in nature.
That could have been, Cancel. I hadn’t thought about that possibility.🐝🤔 Have a good evening/night. 😀 –Diane