American man and son die after suffering stings from swarm of wasps ziplining in Laos

An American antheral and his teenage lad person died aft they were stung by a swarm of wasps portion ziplining successful Laos past month

BANGKOK -- An American antheral and his teenage lad died past period aft they were swarmed by wasps portion ziplining astatine an escapade campy successful Laos and stung galore dozens of times, a infirmary authoritative said Thursday.

Dan Owen, the manager of an planetary schoolhouse successful neighboring Vietnam, and his lad Cooper were attacked by the insects connected Oct. 15 astatine the Green Jungle Park, arsenic they were descending from a histrion astatine the extremity of the zip line.

The campy is located extracurricular the metropolis of Luang Prabang, a fashionable tourer tract successful the Southeast Asian federation that was named a UNESCO World Heritage Site successful 1995.

The 2 were taken to a section session and past transported to Luang Prabang Provincial Hospital wherever they arrived successful captious condition, said Jorvue Yianouchongteng, the exigency country doc who received them.

“The lad was unconscious and passed distant aft fractional an hour, portion the begetter was conscious and passed distant astir 3 hours later," helium told The Associated Press. “We tried our champion to prevention them but we couldn’t.”

The doc said some had suffered from terrible anaphylactic daze aft being stung much than 100 times crossed their bodies, but that nonstop origin of decease had not been determined.

The Asian elephantine hornet, known arsenic the “murder hornet” owed to its assertive behaviour toward different insects, is recovered successful Laos but truthful are respective different taxon of wasps. It was not wide which benignant had stung the two.

The section session wherever the 2 were archetypal treated refused to remark and the Green Jungle Park did not respond to a query from the AP. The Laos Foreign Ministry besides did not respond to a petition for comment.

The U.S. State Department said it could corroborate the deaths of 2 U.S. citizens successful Luang Prabang but would not remark further “out of respect for the privateness of the household and loved ones.”

In a Facebook post, Owen's employer, Quality Schools International, praised him arsenic “touching countless lives” during 18 years with the chain, which operates 35 schools astir the world. It said helium had worked astatine 5 of its schools and was manager of the QSI International School of Haiphong successful Vietnam astatine the clip of his death.

“He was profoundly loved crossed our assemblage and volition beryllium profoundly missed,” the schoolhouse said. “Our sincere condolences spell our to the Owen household and each who knew and loved them.”

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