Las Vegas Exterminator Dies After Being Stung By Hundreds Of Bees
LAS VEGAS (CBSNewYork/AP) -- A Las Vegas exterminator who was stung by bees hundreds of times has died weeks after the attack.
The Clark County coroner's office confirmed Monday that 49-year-old Jose Moreno Pacheco died Aug. 18 at a hospital.
County spokeswoman Stacey Welling says Pacheco wasn't wearing protective clothing as he removed bees from a home on Aug. 4. Other exterminators were wearing protective clothing at the time and weren't injured.
Firefighters in special gear pulled him out of the swarm and took him to a hospital.
Residents said the scene was chaotic.
"It was horrific," Amber Howerton told CBS Las Vegas affiliate KLAS-TV. "It felt like something from a Stephen King novel."
KLAS reported Nevada does not regulate every bee business.
"We did not do an investigation into that because they are not currently licensed nor do they currently need to be licensed under our existing regulations," Scott Cichowlaz of Nevada's Department of Agriculture told KLAS.
It's unclear what kind of bees attacked Pacheco.
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