4 People, Including Teen, Injured Following Bee Attack in Arizona Park

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Four people, including a teenager, were injured after a swarm of bees attacked at a park in Arizona, authorities said.

Three adults and a 13-year-old were each stung multiple times on Tuesday night at Sundance Park in Buckeye, about 30 miles west of Phoenix, a spokesperson for the Buckeye Police Department tells PEOPLE.

One of the adults was transported via ambulance to a local hospital, the spokesperson says. The victim was covered in bees, and was having trouble breathing.

The teenager, meanwhile, was taken to the emergency room in a patrol car.

The two other adults had less serious injuries, were treated at the scene and later transported themselves to the hospital to check on the child.

The spokesperson says that the group was walking along a canal behind the park when the bees began swarming. The condition of the victims remains unknown, but authorities were “led, at the time, to believe they were going to be okay.”

The Buckeye Fire Department arrived on the scene and got rid of the bees.

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Thomas Hicks of Breckenridge suffered severe stings, and died after going into cardiac arrest.

A woman in Georgia, meanwhile, said last week that shefound at least 100,000 beesliving outside her Decatur home in April — and that it was the fourth time that’s happened since she moved in.

“Four years ago, in May of 2017, we had a really big hive taken out,” Lisa Ohrmundt toldCNN. “A couple [of] years later, we had a smaller one taken out. Then a week or so ago, we had a smaller one taken out, and then this one … hopefully is the grand finale.”

The CDC also recommends applying ice to reduce swelling, and avoiding scratching the sting, as that can increase swelling, itching and risk of infection.

source: people.com