Crime & Safety
Hornet Attack Puts Wheaton Postal Carrier into Hospital
The woman was stung 30 to 50 times on her neck and head.
WHEATON, IL - A female postal worker was taken to the hospital Tuesday after being stung dozens of times by hornets while out on her mail route in Wheaton, the Daily Herald reports.
The woman was delivering mail in the 900 block of Dartmouth Drive when she was attacked by the hornets, which came from a nest that had apparently been dislodged from a tree, according to the article.
Witnesses told ABC 7 Chicago landscapers were removing the nest from a tree at the same time that the postal worker was walking by. The postal worker was stung 30 to 50 times on her neck and head.
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The woman was taken to Central DuPage Hospital and is expected to make a full recovery.
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