I saw this story on Twitter yesterday and it made me sick to my stomach.

6 people stung to death by killer bees after bus plummets into hive

Can you imagine?

This bus apparently had some mechanical problems which caused it to veer off the road and into a ravine in northwestern Nicaragua. It sounds like everyone survived the initial 165-foot plunge into the ravine without much trouble, but just as that comfort of the vehicle finally coming to a stop set in, boom, there were a bunch of killer bees inside the bus — hundreds, maybe thousands of them.

And they began stinging the passengers repeatedly, without mercy.

What an absolute nightmare scenario.

Approximately 45 people were on board the bus when it reportedly suffered a mechanical problem, plunging 165 feet down the ravine, and ending up in a coffee plantation.

All people survived the initial crash, but the bus disturbed a swarm of killer Africanized bees.

The passengers were stung repeatedly by the angry insects, with six having reportedly succumbed to the attack…

A further 14 passengers were left severely injured in the incident.

Several were treated at a nearby health center, while others had to be transported to a larger hospital in Jinotega.

I hate to inform you of this, but among the deceased were a mother and her 8-year-old daughter.

I simply cannot imagine. Like, my brain is making it up, and it's really bad, but wow, that's just too much to take in.

You should see the number of stings on some of these passengers. It's seriously heartbreaking.

Some of the photos are just grotesque, so I'll leave them at the bottom. That way you don't have to see them if you don't want to.

A little background on these killer bees:

The Africanized honey bee, also known as "the killer bee," is a cross-breed between the European honey bee and the African honey bee.

African honey bees were imported to Brazil in the1956 to increase honey production in the country. However, the following year, several bees escaped from an apiary and began breeding with European honey bees.

According to the Smithsonian, cross-bred Africanized bees are considered far more dangerous than single-breed honey bees because they react to disturbances 10 times faster and can sting up to 10 times more.

Africanized bees have caused more than 1,000 reported deaths in Brazil since the mid-1950s, and have made their way north to countries including Nicaragua and the United States.

Crazy stuff.

Okay, this story is making me sad, so I guess I'll just leave a few of those photos for you even though I'm somewhat reluctant to do so.

Here you go.

[Warning: Graphic]

 

 

 

So sad...

Okay, the news can only get better from here, right?

See you in a few.