Charlotte County, Fla.(970 WFLA)-One person is dead, after a crash involving three semi trucks on County Road 74 in Charlotte County. One semi lost it's load of soda, spilling thousands of cans across the road and shoulder. The highway patrol says County Road 74 at State Road 31 in Charlotte will be closed for several hours, while crews clean up the sticky mess.
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In a separate crash on State Road 31 less then three miles from County Road 74, there is an overturned bee truck. Bees are swarming in the area. One person was injured.
The highway patrol says a grey colored dump truck, with a black stripe was heading northbound on S.R.31 and was passing a vehicle at the time of the crash. The highway patrol report states the driver of the bee truck was heading south and had to take evasive action to avoid hitting the dump truck, which caused the bee truck to overturn. The dump truck left the scene.
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