Africanized Bees Attack People on Douglas Jones Street during Busy Lunch Hour
A yard cleaner who was hired to cut grass in a yard on Douglas Jones Street today escaped the emergency room and so did a few patrons who were under a food tent buying lunch at midday, after a swarm of bees attacked them. Ever Vasquez told News Five that the motor from the weed whacker apparently startled the bees that were in a nest on the trunk of a tree in the yard. That sent them in all directions, stinging everyone in sight, including a man who was passing by in a wheelchair. Vasquez said that although he was being stung, he had to render aid to the man who had come under serious attack. The man had to be taken by ambulance to the K.H.M.H Emergency Ward for observation,
while Vasquez says he’ll have to return another day to finish the yard job.
Ever Vasquez, Yard cleaner
“When I mi di chop the bees start attack me, right? Well, then I left the machine right there and I run. Then after that, I hear somebody scream right there, so I gone help him because lotta bee mi di bite up he. So I run and I carry he right deh by that street. Then a boy come and carry him in a car.”
Marion Ali
“So this was a man in a wheelchair, I understand.”
Ever Vasquez
Ever Vasquez
“Yes, wheelchair, yes.”
Marion Ali
“Okay, so he was just walking by?”
Ever Vasquez
“Yes, he was passing on the street, yes.”
Marion Ali
“And then the bees were where in the yard?”
Ever Vasquez
“Right here, but down at the tree, yes.”
Marion Ali
“You always clean this yard, I understand.”
Ever Vasquez
“All the time I clean it, and this was the first time they attacked me”
Marion Ali
“Alright, so you got stung? What happened?”
Ever Vasquez
“Yes, I got stung here, by a hand, and all around my face here.”
Marion Ali
“Okay, but you’re okay, you think?”
Ever Vasquez
“Yeah, yeah, it’s okay.”
Marion Ali
“Sorry. I see you ran left your equipment.”
Ever Vasquez
“Yeah, I have to go try to take it over from there.”
Marion Ali
“You’re going to finish the yard, now?”
Ever Vasquez
“No, I don’t think so. I gwein home.”
