Investigation after beekeeper dies on the job
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Save A beekeeper has died in a truck crash on farmland in Gisborne. Photo/file
A beekeeper has died in a truck crash on farmland.
Police say the beekeeper's truck crashed on farmland in Motu, near Gisborne, early on Sunday while the man was tending to beehives around 1.26am.
The driver of the truck was found dead at the scene, police say.
It is understood
the man is from the Western Bay.
WorkSafe is investigating the crash.