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Tractor trailer carrying 15 million bees rolls over in Clinton

A tractor-trailer carrying millions of bees rolled over in Clinton on Thursday night.
Maine Department of Public Safety
A tractor-trailer carrying millions of bees rolled over in Clinton on Thursday night.

A tractor trailer carrying 15 million bees to pollinate blueberry fields in Washington County rolled over on I-95 in Clinton Thursday night.

The Maine State Police hasn't said what caused the crash around 7 p.m., but the driver was transported to a hospital with complaints of pain.

State officials said that along with police, commercial beekeepers from Downeast were called to the scene. They loaded the bees and their hives onto a replacement truck.