{"id":521636,"date":"2026-01-17T01:16:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T01:16:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/521636\/"},"modified":"2026-01-17T01:16:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T01:16:10","slug":"some-san-antonians-keep-buzzing-along-even-after-big-rig-spills-load-of-bees-on-nearby-highway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/521636\/","title":{"rendered":"Some San Antonians keep buzzing along even after big rig spills load of bees on nearby highway"},"content":{"rendered":"

SAN ANTONIO, Texas <\/strong> \u2013 A crash Friday morning in a rather usual spot for traffic troubles led to an unusual situation on that highway near downtown.<\/p>\n

San Antonio police say it involved a sedan and a big rig carrying a load of bees.<\/p>\n

18-wheeler carrying \u2018load of bees\u2019 crashes on Finesilver Curve; hourslong closure expected, SAFD says<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n

The 18-wheeler ended up overturning on the Finesilver curve, an area where southbound Interstate 35 merges into westbound I-10. It\u2019s also an area where numerous truck drivers get into trouble.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey should drive more carefully in this turn,\u201d said Cheryl Soto, who lives just below that stretch of highway. \u201cIt\u2019s a real sharp turn, and cars are coming off the highway, and they\u2019re going really fast.\u201d<\/p>\n

Soto was tidying up outside her home, unaware of the buzz surrounding the crash, which had happened around 9:30 a.m. <\/p>\n

The truck and its living load remained on the highway for hours, as crews carefully tried to work around the bees and clean up.<\/p>\n

What appear to be tiny white dots in the photo are actually bees swarming around the wreckage. (Copyright 2024 by KSAT – All rights reserved.)<\/p>\n

A spokesman for the San Antonio Fire Department says firefighters sprayed a small amount of foam on the wreckage just so they could get to the truck driver, who was injured in the crash.<\/p>\n

The driver was taken to a hospital by ambulance.<\/p>\n

After hearing the news, Soto did her best to keep her distance.<\/p>\n

\u201cWell, I don\u2019t want to go to the hospital with multiple bee stings,\u201d she said. \u201cI\u2019m just going to go in the house and be safe.\u201d<\/p>\n

Even hours after the crash, hordes of bees continued to hover over the wreckage area. <\/p>\n

KSAT 12 News was able to get a close-up view of them from the window of a restroom in a nearby building.<\/p>\n

At one point, some of the boxes that still contained colonies of bees shifted and fell from the truck, stirring up an angry swarm.<\/p>\n

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