A truck was hauling 70,000 pounds of beehives when it overturned in a rural county in northern Washington state, letting loose about 14 million bees.

A group of unusual fugitives was buzzing through the air in northwestern Washington state early Friday morning: honeybees. The bees made their escape as a truck carrying 70,000 pounds of hives rolled over,

The commercial truck hauling about 14 million honeybees overturned around 4 a.m. in Whatcom County, Washington, which borders Canada's British Columbia.