Elderly couple killed by colony of bees
Bees swarmed an elderly couple at their South Texas ranch, killing both and injuring their son, officials said.
Jim Hogg County sheriff’s deputies said 90-year-old William T. Steele was spraying insecticide on a bees’ nest when the bees attacked him, his 92-year-old wife, Myrtle Steele, and their 67-year-old son, Richard Steele.
Richard Steele’s wife, Judy Steele, told the Valley Morning Star of Harlingen that her father-in-law was pronounced dead at the scene.
She said her mother-in-law was airlifted to a hospital, where she died on Tuesday.
Judy Steele says her husband had to drive several miles to the nearest phone to get help because there was no cell service at the ranch. She says her husband was released from the hospital on Tuesday.
