Man in His 50s Dies After Being Stung by Bees While Tending to Ancestral Grave in Hapcheon

Mowing the grass on ancestral graves.
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A man in his 50s died after being stung by a bee while clearing weeds around his ancestors' graves ahead of Chuseok.

According to the Hapcheon Police Station in South Gyeongsang Province on the 2nd, at around 9:20 a.m. on the 1st, Mr. A, who was in his 50s, was stung by a bee while cutting grass at his family’s ancestral grave on a hill in Cheongdeok-myeon, Hapcheon-gun, along with his younger sibling.

After being stung in the neck, Mr. A collapsed and was transported to the hospital in cardiac arrest, but ultimately passed away.

It was reported that Mr. A died from anaphylactic shock, a severe allergic reaction to certain substances.