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For nearly seven hours on Monday it was paralyzed traffic on the highway number 35 in the US because of the accident that occurred on this road near the town of Lakeville Minnesota, ITAR-TASS reported. The traffic accident were four cars, two - passenger cars and two - truck, one of which were almost 18 million bees.

According to witnesses, first encountered two cars, and then, after some fraction of a second, they crashed into a truck carrying beehives. The truck driver, is not likely to have time to react to what happened right in front of the accident and literally demolished cars. Then lost control of heavy vehicles rammed ehavshuyu on adjacent band wagon.
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Drivers of passenger cars be trapped in their cars. Police and firefighters operating in the United States as a function of rescuers arrived at the scene a few minutes later. However, not getting to the victims, but even to get out of the patrol car was problematic. Of the semi-trailer truck pulled out of destroyed countless hordes of angry bees. "I saw in the sky a large black spot and wondered what could it be such - said Scott Nelson, head of one of the firemen, who first arrived on the scene. - I opened the car door, and I was immediately in the face of bees stung a few. "

According to the company, the carrier in the back of the wagon, there were about 7000 hives. Insect sting anyone who comes their way. To somehow disperse distraught bees began to pour fire with water and foam from water cannons. One of the truckers involved in the incident, the police gave the kind of thing that were with him in the cab. Protect from so many bites, they were able to reach the victims. However, reaching the two were in the passenger cars of people, fire was pronounced dead one. The other was still alive, his helicopter was sent to the hospital, but he died later on, according to local TV and Radio WCCO.

Then there was the Imported truck, which handled the whole hive. Later in the afternoon traffic on the highway was restored.

Bees should be watered special foam, but not water, the agency said PionerPress Dr. Maria Spivak from the Faculty of Entomology University of Minnesota. Water only leads bees even more irritation. But a representative of beekeeping companies explained that the jet of water that affects bees from fire hoses likely to lead to their death. Firefighters also used foam fire against the residue of bees after clearing the accident scene.



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