A video shot by a news helicopter has captured the moment a civilian police volunteer collapsed to the ground after being repeatedly stung by a swarm of angry bees in Los Angeles.
A uniformed volunteer with the Los Angeles Police Department was scrambling to climb into his marked car around 4PM when the bees swarmed him.
The footage shows him frantically swatting the insects buzzing around his face as he desperately tries to escape them.
After being stung repeatedly he lost his balance and fell to the ground, where he smashed his head against the asphalt, resulting in cuts.
He was then seen moving his legs, while struggling to get himself up.
Izak Kharrazi of All Valley Honey & Bee, an insect removal company, has said, “This is not a normal behavior for these bees to be this angry, to want to kill you.
He described the “cloud of hundreds of bees” as being “mad as could be.”
The man was hospitalised in a stable condition.
The Los Angeles Fire Department stated another man working on a house in the area also suffered multiple bee stings.
The neighbourhood was sealed off and residents were urged to stay indoors will windows and doors shut until advised otherwise.
It is believed the bees came from a large hive situated at a home in the area undergoing renovations.
A bee expert has claimed workers may have gotten too close to the hive which sent the insects into a frenzy.
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