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Yellow jackets slow response to NC car crash

A man crashed his car into the woods and ran into a yellow jacket nest

HOLLY SPRINGS, N.C. — Yellow jackets slowed medics’ response to a vehicle crash Thursday morning.

A man lost control of his car and crashed it into the woods. When the car caught on fire, the 25-year-old man, whose identity has not been released, got out and ran into the woods, WRAL reported.

The man accidentally ran into a yellow jacket nest and was stung. Emergency officials were slowed by the wasps in their effort to help the man, who was later taken to the hospital.