Truck Carrying Beehives From Minnesota Crashes in Montana

BILLINGS, Mont. - A truck carrying a load of beehives from Minnesota to California crashed in south-central Montana late Monday night, spilling the hives.

According to the Montana State Patrol, the crash happened on Interstate 94 near Pompeys Pillar, Mont. around 10 p.m.

Trooper Jerry Perman told the Billings Gazette the trucker reached down to get a bag of chips and looked up to see a deer in the road. The driver swerved and went into the median.

The driver was not hurt, but the truck was wrecked. The State Patrol hasn’t decided if charges will be filed.

A beekeeper was called to the scene, but freezing temperatures were thought to reduce the risk to the public.

Last year, a semi driver from Buffalo, Minn. was charged with careless driving and criminal vehicular homicide for a 2010 crash that killed three people on a Minnesota highway. The driver was reaching down for an energy drink before hitting two cars and a truck hauling 30 million live bees.

A truck carrying a load of beehives from Minnesota to California crashed in south-central Montana late Monday night, spilling the hives.

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