Arizona man dies after being stung by bees hundreds of times
Jun 26, 2015, 11:01 AM | Updated: 11:02 am
VALLE VISTA, Ariz. — A man who was stung hundreds of times in a bee attack
in western Arizona has died.
The Mohave County Sheriff’s Office confirmed Friday that the man died Sunday at
a hospital in Kingman.
Authorities said the man was watching a property in Valle Vista, a community
about 14 miles northeast of Kingman, June 12 when he was attacked by a swarm of
Africanized bees.
He was stung between 500 and 1,000 times.
The Today’s News-Herald in Lake Havasu City identified
the victim as John Wade.
Family friend Betty Crippin told the newspaper that Wade had suffered a heart
attack after the incident.
