Driver blames bee for Yolo truck crash
Anybody who has ever had a bee in his car can sympathize with the truck driver who Thursday morning ended up spilling a load of gravel when he said he tried to shoo one of the buzzing insects out of his big-rig cab.
The California Highway Patrol said that County Road 98 south of Russell Boulevard was closed for several hours for cleanup after a big-rig driver traveling southbound about 6:30 a.m. lost control and overturned his truck.
The driver said he noticed a bee on his dashboard and tried to move it along out a window. Unfortunately, he also allowed his tractor-trailer rig to drift off the west side of the road.
He overcorrected and his rig overturned, spilling the load onto the pavement. The driver was not injured, according to a CHP press release. No word on the bee.
Bill Lindelof: (916) 321-1079, @Lindelofnews
This story was originally published June 4, 2015 at 8:40 AM with the headline "Driver blames bee for Yolo truck crash."