Swarms of Angry Bees Stop Rescuers

Neighbors who tried to rescue a man whose vehicle crashed into a house in St. Charles Wednesday were turned back by swarms of bees that had infested the abandoned property, WJRT-TV reports.

The 54-year-old driver ultimately died after his vehicle failed to make a curve on Spruce Road about 3:30 p.m. and crashed into the house at 216 W. Spruce, but Saginaw County Sheriff Lt. Randy Pfau told MLive /The Saginaw News authorities don’t think the bees are responsible for his death.

Rather, he said preliminary findings suggest the man, whose name has not been released, suffered a medical emergency of some sort.

“The house, we’re being told, has not been occupied for many years,” Pfau said. “There were just large swarms of bees within the home. It was so infested, they couldn’t get to him.”

With the bees to contend with, the citizen rescuers managed to attach a tow strap to the vehicle and pull it from the property before emergency personnel could arrive.

Emergency responders were unable to revive the man.

“it was later determined he was deceased t the scene,” Pfau said

An autopsy is pending.