Bees attack Wal-Mart shoppers in Okla. after seller of hives brings them to parking lot

Three people were taken to a hospital and many more were treated on scene Saturday, Aug 6, 2016, after bees got loose from hives outside a Del City Wal-Mart in Oklahoma. Beekeepers were called to gather the insects. (KOCO-TV)
Three people were taken to a hospital and many more were treated on scene Saturday, Aug 6, 2016, after bees got loose from hives outside a Del City Wal-Mart in Oklahoma. Beekeepers were called to gather the insects. (KOCO-TV)
Three people were taken to a hospital and many more were treated on scene Saturday, Aug 6, 2016, after bees got loose from hives outside a Del City Wal-Mart in Oklahoma. Beekeepers were called to gather the insects. (KOCO-TV)

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Three people were taken to a hospital Saturday after an estimated 30,000 to 60,000 bees escaped and stung people in a Wal-Mart parking lot in southeast Oklahoma City.

Two people were transported in serious condition and the third was in good condition after the bees escaped from three hives, Emergency Medical Services Authority spokeswoman Lara O’Leary said.

Each of the three injured are adults, but no other information about them was released.

Several other shoppers were treated at the scene for multiple bee stings, KOCO-TV reported.

Oklahoma City Fire Battalion Chief Benny Fulkerson said the incident began about 10:30 a.m., when a person selling bee hives met a buyer in the parking lot and the bees escaped.

Beekeepers were called and gathered the insects. Fulkerson said a firefighter was also stung, but did not require medical attention.

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