TURKEY-ACCIDENT/BEES Truck with beehives overturns releasing thousands of bees to the motorway
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139962
TURKEY-ACCIDENT/BEES Truck with beehives overturns releasing thousands of bees to the motorway
- Title: TURKEY-ACCIDENT/BEES Truck with beehives overturns releasing thousands of bees to the motorway
- Date: 12th September 2015
- Summary: MUGLA, TURKEY (SEPTEMBER 12, 2015) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF OVERTURNED TRUCK AND SCATTERED BOXES LADEN WITH HIVES ON ROAD AS BEES ARE FLYING AROUND BOXES SCATTERED ON ROAD BEEKEEPERS REMOVING THE HIVES AND SPRAYING SUPPRESSION FOAM VIEW OF THE ACCIDENT SITE VARIOUS OF BEEKEEPERS SPRAYING SUPPRESSION FOAM AMBULANCE LEAVING MAN STUNG BY BEES BEING ROLLED INTO HOSPITAL ON STRETCHER
- Embargoed: 27th September 2015 13:00
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- Location: Turkey
- Country: Turkey
- Topics: General
- Reuters ID: LVA2QIZWW3OZPW2N2P2DS2FXSMA0
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Eighteen people were stung by bees swarming a motorway in western Turkish province of Mugla on Saturday (September 12) after a truck carrying hives crashed and the bees got loose, Turkey's state-run Anadolu agency reported.
Beekeepers sprayed suppression foam on the hives and in the air to kill the bees and clear the motorway.
The highway road remained closed for two hours as injured. including two Finnish tourists, were taken to the hospital for treatment. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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