Bee Truck Rolls Over... First Responders Stung

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Emergency responders near Las Vegas were stung after a flatbed truck carrying honeybees rolled over in rural Nevada.

Authorities say 66-year-old truck driver Rudy Breneman had been hauling a load of bees from Bruce, S.D., to California when he pulled to the side of the highway east of Tonopah - about 200 miles northwest of Las Vegas - on Monday afternoon.

Breneman told troopers the big rig started sinking into the soft dirt of the shoulder and eventually tipped over, breaking open many of the hives.

State troopers, sheriff's deputies and firefighters all were stung.

Amtak Train Crash in Nevada

An Amtrak train collided with a tractor-trailer in the Nevada desert.

An Amtrak spokeswoman said two people were confirmed killed in the accident on U.S. Route 95 and that a number of others were injured.

About 60 people were taken to Banner Churchill Community Hospital in Fallon, about 30 miles away.