YUMA, Ariz. (AP) - Authorities say a Yuma man has died and several first responders were injured in a bee attack.
The Yuma Sun reports the incident occurred Sunday evening when Yuma County sheriff's deputies got reports of a swarm of bees stinging a man.
Sheriff's spokesman Alfonso Zavala said Monday that 51-year-old Epigmenio Gonzalez was attempting to remove a beehive from a couch in the backyard.
Zavala says deputies and paramedics found him running while covered in bees.
Rural/Metro fire spokesman Charly McMurdie said firefighters sprayed Gonzalez with water. He was taken to the hospital but was pronounced dead.
A woman at the home was also taken to the hospital with several bee stings. Her condition was not immediately known.
First responders who were stung did not need medical attention.
