21-05-2022 02:39 via kxan.com

Landscape worker dies after central Austin bee attack

AUSTIN (KXAN) — A landscape lighting technician died following a bee attack at a central Austin home on Thursday, according to a family spokesperson.Franco Galvan Martinez, 53, was in a backyard tree, suspended by a harness, when he inadvertenly disturbed a hive and the bees swarmed, family friend and pastor Joe Maldonado told KXAN."I guess in [Galvan Martinez's] panic trying to swat away the bees from himself. He kicked away the ladder," Maldonado said.Martinez remained suspended in the a
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