A 20-year-old man is in a coma after being stung more than 20,000 times by killer bees in the US.

On Friday, August 26, 2022, Austin Bellamy was pruning a lemon when he unwittingly cut down a nest of killer bees. Also known as Africanized bees, these insects are known to be particularly aggressive.

Austin Bellamy’s grandmother and uncle, who were nearby, witnessed the bee attack, unable to intervene. Fox 19.

“He was screaming and nobody could help him”

“He kept saying ‘Help! Help me! Help!,’ and no one could help him.said his grandmother, Phyllis Edwards.

“I was trying to climb the ladder to get to Austin.” the most “I couldn’t join him because there were bees around”she said.

Shauna Carter said the young man was stung more than 20,000 times and stung by 30 bees.

Caregivers had to “Until Sunday morning to extract the bees from him”, she said Fox 19.

He must escape from it

On Tuesday, August 30, according to a local television channel, Austin Bellamy remained on life support and was in an involuntary coma at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center in Ohio (North). Fox 19.

Il “Fighting for His Life”His mother, Shona Carter, made the announcement on a fundraising page created Monday to pay for his medical care.

Doctors believe Austin Bellamy will make a full recovery Fox 19.