Bees Swarm Couple After Car Crash

LEX18.com ^ | July 27, 2016 | LEX18.com

[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.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

BZZZZZZZZ! OUCH!

DANG!

[EagleUSA]

Could have been worse -— the bees could have been Africanized. (if they were not).

[bramps]

Don’t drink and hive.

[HonkyTonkMan]

I didn't know he was getting eaten by bees, I thought he was just high,"

I knowed dat boyah jess ain't right

[bboop]

There was a car crash near here (Los Angeles) that hit a tree with a bee swarm in it. The woman got over a thousand stings, had to jump in a swimming pool to save her life. They took her to the ER. Those bees just attacked her.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

The bees weren't eating him, they were trying to drive him away.

They had just had their home wrecked and the culprit was screaming, obviously calling others of his kind to attack, and waving his limbs around continuing the attack.

[Ken H]

Noah and Priscilla? Maybe it really was the Amish.

[NonValueAdded]

Didn’t Adrian Monk solve that case?

[tumblindice]

Stupid, high and getting eaten by bees is no way to go through life.

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

When you’re at the wheel of the honey wagon, drive carefully.

[Ezekiel]

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.>>>

"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.

"In Southeast Asia we'd call this kind of thing... bad karma."

[Bullish]

I hate it when that happens...

[smokingfrog]

Well, I’ll BEE.
I haven’t seen a purple tracker for a long time.

[lurk]

As john wayne said, life’s harder when you’re stupid.

[BlessedBeGod]

LOL!

[bigtoona]

I read about this earlier, there seems to be a lot of buzz around this story.

[tumblindice]

The Tracker was pretty much a Suzuki, wasn’t it?
And the Prism/Toyota?

[smokingfrog]

I believe so.

[MurrietaMadman]

... It’s another case of Beehadi denied! Even the deputy was indicating everyone should just leave them hives alone. So what if it showed up uninvited... just leave ‘em bee and everything’s ok.