Car crash enrages bees
{{date|August 4, 2006}}
[[Image:Map of USA IN.svg|150px|right|thumb|Indiana, USA]]
[[Image:US-IN-Fort Wayne.png|150px|right|thumb|Fort Wayne, Indiana]]
A 16 year old girl has crashed her car into a hollow tree stirring up the fury of a swarm of [[w:bee|bee]]s ten miles (16km) south of [[w:Fort Wayne, Indiana|Fort Wayne, Indiana]]. Ten people including the girl received treatment at a hospital. 

Jacqueline Cossairt's [[w:Sports Utility Vehicle|SUV]] crashed into the tree after she lost control on a gravel road.

Despite hot summer temperatures, firefighters wore full safety gear including face mask and oxygen tanks as they tried to rescue her from the wreck. The bees were doused with foam and water.

"Those bees were mad," said Volunteer Fire Chief Kent Gilbert, who was stung at least 50 times while trying to pull her from the wreckage. "I've never seen bees, especially honeybees, attack like that."

"I'm not too swelled up," Gilbert said. "As long as I'm standing upright, I feel OK, but if I bend down I get a headache. The back of my head is real tender where they stung me."

Jacqueline was taken to Lutheran Hospital with broken legs and multiple bee stings.

A neighbour, a paramedic and seven firefighters were also hospitalized due to heat and bee stings.

Stan Grove, a [[w:biology|biology]] professor at [[w:Goshen College|Goshen College]], said that bees were most active during summer as they try to keep their hives cool by flapping their wings.

"They don't like to be jostled," said Grove.

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Indiana, USA
Fort Wayne, Indiana
A 16 year old girl has crashed her car into a hollow tree stirring up the fury of a swarm of bees ten miles (16km) south of Fort Wayne, Indiana. Ten people including the girl received treatment at a hospital. 

Jacqueline Cossairt's SUV crashed into the tree after she lost control on a gravel road.

Despite hot summer temperatures, firefighters wore full safety gear including face mask and oxygen tanks as they tried to rescue her from the wreck. The bees were doused with foam and water.

"Those bees were mad," said Volunteer Fire Chief Kent Gilbert, who was stung at least 50 times while trying to pull her from the wreckage. "I've never seen bees, especially honeybees, attack like that."

"I'm not too swelled up," Gilbert said. "As long as I'm standing upright, I feel OK, but if I bend down I get a headache. The back of my head is real tender where they stung me."

Jacqueline was taken to Lutheran Hospital with broken legs and multiple bee stings.

A neighbour, a paramedic and seven firefighters were also hospitalized due to heat and bee stings.

Stan Grove, a biology professor at Goshen College, said that bees were most active during summer as they try to keep their hives cool by flapping their wings.

"They don't like to be jostled," said Grove.
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