A cricket umpire died after a sudden swarm of bees attacked him and several other others throughout an under-13 match in Uttar Pradesh’s Kanpur, India, leaving many others injured and hospitalized.
The 65-year-old sufferer, Manik Gupta, who was affiliated with the Kanpur Cricket Affiliation, was officiating at an area stadium in Uttar Pradesh’s Kanpur., when a swarm of bees attacked. Amid the panic, gamers and spectators ran for security.
Manik Gupta sustained critical accidents and was initially taken to a close-by hospital. As a result of severity of his situation, he was later moved to a sophisticated medical facility, the place docs pronounced him useless.
One other umpire, Jagdish Sharma, was additionally injured however is reported to be out of hazard, together with a number of different victims who acquired medical consideration.
Gupta had been related to the Kanpur Cricket Affiliation for almost 30 years and had officiated in lots of notable regional matches.
The incident echoes the same occasion in 2019, when a one-day match between India A and England Lions in Thiruvananthapuram was halted after bees attacked spectators and gamers. No fatalities had been reported in that earlier case.
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