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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Travelers on an East Tennessee
interstate were forced to brake for workers — and drones,
perhaps even a queen — when a truck carrying about 1 million
bees crashed Friday.
The swarm shut down an exit of Interstate 40 in Knoxville, said
Mark Nagi, Tennessee Department of Transportation regional
spokesperson. There were no injuries, he said.
“The ramp from I-40 East to Henley Street is back open but the
truck is destroyed and the bees are… well… buzzing," Nagi
posted, along with a photo of a person in beekeeper garb.
"Unless you are dressed in this outfit please stay in your
vehicles in this area.”
Later Friday, Nagi confirmed that all of the bees had been moved
from the area and the truck was removed.
What could not be as easily quelled were the puns.
“So, this is the buzz around town?" U.S. Rep. Tim Burchett wrote
on social media. "This stuff just writes itself.”
The Virginia Department of Transportation commiserated on social
media. Its northern division reminisced about a 2018 crash that
similarly released a swarm of bees on Interstate 495, prompting
the advice, “Please roll up your windows.”
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