Girl, 8, and three others stung to death by bees after horror 165ft bus crash

10 May 2023 , 06:47

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Footage shows some of the affected from bee stings when a bus fell into a ravine in Nicaragua (Image: CEN)

An eight-year-old girl was among four people stung to death by a huge swarm of bees after the bus they were travelling in fell 165ft into a ravine.

More than 40 people were on the bus when it crashed on Monday in the San Sebastian De Yali area of Nicaragua in Central America.

They survived the smash but four people - including the little girl - were stung repeatedly by the angry bees in the ditch moments later.

They've been named locally as Eneyda Torrez Zelaya, 47, her eight-year-old daughter Andrea Carolina Garcia Torrez, Dilcia Flores Amparo, 32, and 34-year-old man Santos Arnulfo Calderon Castellon.

Photographs of one of the victims shows their body covered in thousands of bright red stings, Daily Star reports.

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It is believed the driver had lost control of the vehicle due to a mechanical failure as the bus made its way towards La Rica, a rural village in mountains in the northwest of the country.

The bus hit the beehives and ended up stricken in a coffee plantation.

All 45 passengers reportedly survived the initial crash, local media reports claim. Paramedics took the severely passengers to hospital, though authorities are yet to confirm the nature and severity of their wounds.

An investigation into the collision is ongoing.

Adam Cailler