Posted on 08/03/2016 8:27:58 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
LAUREL COUNTY, Ky. (LEX 18) - A quiet summer night in Laurel County got shaken up by a loud crash, and a swarm of bees.
Neighbors say they could hear the screaming all the way up the hills.
People on Patton Spur Road don't see many cars come down the dead-end street.
But last night, Gary Anderson watched from his porch as a purple Tracker veered on and off the pavement.
"Then he passed probably going about 35-40 miles an hour, pretty fast really. And all the sudden, I heard a big boom," said Anderson.
He says the driver, Noah Elkins, crashed right into a fence. He hit the utility pole with such force that it's still in pieces in the field.
But worse for Elkins and his passenger, Priscilla Simpson, he also knocked over a bee hive.
"They said he was hitting things, banging on stuff, throwing his arms up in the air. Screaming and just making a really big scene," said Deputy Gilbert Acciardo with the Laurel County Sheriff's Office.
Anderson says Elkins ran into his yard and started spraying the hose on himself and Simpson.
"I didn't know what he was doing, but I told him he needed to get out of that water. I didn't know he was getting eaten by bees, I thought he was just high," said Anderson.
Once ambulances arrived, Simpson told police that they in fact had taken several pills before getting on the road. They had gotten on that road because they were trying to find a swimming hole, which was miles away.
"I think they learned a valuable lesson. Hopefully not to drink and drive, and even more than that you don't disturb a hive of bees," said Acciardo.
Anderson guesses that more than 300 swarmed the couple when they first crashed, which is why instead of jail, they went to the hospital.
Elkins was charged with driving under the influence, and Simpson was charged with public intoxication. They're both due in court next month.
And the Dodge Super Bee was a Mitsubeeshi?
(rimshot)
An old Japanese saying: When the tears are in your eyes, that’s when the bee stings.
ha ha
Dang, what kind of drugs are they doing these days up in the hills?
You win the Freepy Award for Pun of the Week !
Congratulations !
Leni
What, no pics of Dan Akroyd and John Belushi ?
“Grandpa, tell us that story again about when you took Grandma on a first date. Did the bees really chase you down into an underwater ship wreck, back up through a cactus patch and all the way up into the Mr. Brown’s grain Silo? Wow!!”
I lost all sympathy right here -—> “they in fact had taken several pills before getting on the road”
I hate when that happens...
I don’t know if this story counts as Catastrophism, but this pun is worth a chuckle. ;-)
“Don’t drink and hive.”
And bee sober.
The Rick and Bubba show had the video from this story which must have run on the television station there in Kentucky. It was one of the funniest things I’ve heard in a while.
Darwin Award, Honorable Mentions!!
Next time they just might win the ultimate award...
Wow.
I assumed this was typical journalistic misfeasance, that the bee attack precipitated the crash, but no.
Wow.
....or, Chris Farley in Tommy Boy.
Bee careful. I know, stinging commentary.
That’ll teach’em to bee hive.
“As john wayne said, life’s harder when you’re stupid.”.......
Too bad there are soooooooooooooooooo many stupid people right now.
Read like it was narrated by Ricky Butler, lol.
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