Honeybees trap deputy on Oklahoma interstate

A deputy sheriff attending the scene ended up being trapped inside his patrol cruiser when bees swarmed his unit like a few sort of B-grade horror flick.

News 9 I-35 in Oklahoma was the site of a truck accident that left millions of bees swarming the roadway.

“There’s a bee shortage”, he said.

It’s unclear exactly how many people were stung as a result of the accident.

Oklahoma Highway patrol troopers were dispatched to Interstate 35 just south of Pauls Valley in Garvin County at around 1 p.m. Traffic was backup for 4 miles and for several hours, Bud Ramming, Garvin County’s emergency management director said.

“I couldn’t give you a number, but millions”, Scott Woods said.

According to a post on his Facebook page, Zink says the fire department sprayed the bees off the hood so they moved to the back of the vehicle.

Other than receiving one sting, Zink was not injured. Officials involved in the cleanup were told that bees get more aggressive at night, KOCO added, so as the sky darkened, they had to make a choice that rankled local beekeeper Jim Stinson.