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Michael Alford, 59, of Harlan county was moving a bag of potting soil when bees attacked him from inside the package
A Kentucky man has died after a swarm of bees attacked him on his porch.
On Monday, the 59-year-old man, whom local reports identified as Michael Alford, was moving a bag of potting soil in Harlan county when he was stung by a swarm of bees from inside the package, authorities said in a statement.
The statement added that the man’s family started CPR, efforts that first responders continued, but “those attempts failed”.
John W Jones, Harlan’s deputy coroner, later pronounced Alford dead at a local hospital. Investigators determined his cause of death was respiratory failure resulting from the bee stings, the local news station WBIR reported.
A Kentucky man has died after a swarm of bees attacked him on his porch.
On Monday, the 59-year-old man, whom local reports identified as Michael Alford, was moving a bag of potting soil in Harlan county when he was stung by a swarm of bees from inside the package, authorities said in a statement.
The statement added that the man’s family started CPR, efforts that first responders continued, but “those attempts failed”.
John W Jones, Harlan’s deputy coroner, later pronounced Alford dead at a local hospital. Investigators determined his cause of death was respiratory failure resulting from the bee stings, the local news station WBIR reported.
Kentucky man dies after swarm of bees attacks him on his porch
Michael Alford, 59, of Harlan county was moving a bag of potting soil when bees attacked him from inside the package
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