Potrivit autorităților, accidentul a avut loc deoarece șoferul avea viteză în curbă.
Șoferul camionetei a fost dus la spital cu numeroase înțepături de albine și răni ușoare în urma accidentului, potrivit CNN. Polițiștii aflați la fața locului au avut și ei parte de înțepături de albine, relatează presa.
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Potrivit lui Julie Arthur, președinta Asociației Crescătorilor de Albine Wasatch, „cel puțin 10 milioane de albine erau în aer”.
Semi-camionul transporta 416 cutii de albine, fiecare conţinând între 50.000 şi 100.000 de albine. Albinele, a spus Arthur, erau folosite pentru a poleniza culturile din SUA.
Ea a povestit cum mierea și ceara de fagure s-au topit la soare, iar stupii erau împrăștiați peste tot.
CNN a relatat că echipa lui Arthur a primit un apel marți, la o zi după accident și a fost întrebată dacă ar putea organiza o misiune de salvare a albinelor.
Arthur a povestit pentru CNN că a văzut un zid de albine lung de doi metri și jumătate. Echipa ei de cinci voluntari a reușit să salveze aproximativ 10% din ele, potrivit presei.
Insectele nu vor mai fi folosite pentru a poleniza culturile, a spus CNN, ci vor fi folosite de Asociația Apicultorilor Wasatch ca instrumente didactice pentru cei care vor să devină apicultori.
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