Man dies after bees escape hives in crash
source: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article6852901.ece
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A teenager died and more than 20 people were injured when swarms of bees escaped from their hives after the van transporting them crashed into a lorry and overturned on a motorway near the resort of Marmaris, in southern Turkey.
Rescue workers, police, medics and beekeepers tried for more than an hour to release two people trapped inside the vehicle, their faces carpeted with angry bees.
One of the pair, aged 18, died in hospital from the combined effect of injuries sustained in the crash and multiple bee stings.
Three others were in intensive care at the Mugla state hospital. About twenty people needed treatment after they were stung as they tried to help.
“There were hundreds and hundreds of bees covering the van — they swarmed to wherever they saw a living being move. I was stung several times myself,” said Kenan Gurbuz, the local bureau chief of the Anatolia news agency, who was among the first on the scene.
“When I arrived there was a man on the ground — he had been undressed and needed treatment but the medics could not get to him for the bees. They had filled the ambulance and also stung one of the nurses.”
Rest of article on link.
Rescue workers, police, medics and beekeepers tried for more than an hour to release two people trapped inside the vehicle, their faces carpeted with angry bees.
One of the pair, aged 18, died in hospital from the combined effect of injuries sustained in the crash and multiple bee stings.
Three others were in intensive care at the Mugla state hospital. About twenty people needed treatment after they were stung as they tried to help.
“There were hundreds and hundreds of bees covering the van — they swarmed to wherever they saw a living being move. I was stung several times myself,” said Kenan Gurbuz, the local bureau chief of the Anatolia news agency, who was among the first on the scene.
“When I arrived there was a man on the ground — he had been undressed and needed treatment but the medics could not get to him for the bees. They had filled the ambulance and also stung one of the nurses.”
Rest of article on link.
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emmahill
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Wikipedia describes bees as diligent and gentle. What happened here?
- 2 years ago
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emmahill
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richjm
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That sounds like something out of The Simpsons - a nasty, unfortunate incident made even worse by a swarm of angry bees. You'd have to curse your luck if you were one of the people in the car.
- 2 years ago
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richjm
