It was a freak truck accident, and a fatal one. And millions of bees were part of the scenario, hindering rescue efforts.
The crash involved two semitrucks, one of them transporting the bees, and two cars on Interstate 35 Monday in Lakeville, Minn.
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Investigators weren’t sure what had lead to the crash, in which two cars were crushed between the two trucks. The drivers of both cars were killed. Pamela Brinkhaus, 50, of Elko, Minn., died at the scene. Kari Rasmussen, 24, of St. Anthony, Minn., was airlifted to a hospital, where she died.
As firefighters tried to rescue the crash victims, they had to fight off the escaped bees. Rescuers used hoses to try to keep the bees, who escaped and then swarmed around the crash scene, at bay.
It appeared that the bee truck and the two vehicles had stopped in their lane because of contruction work being done ahead on the road when one of the cars was hit by the second truck, which set the collisions with the other car and truck in motion.