Man attacked by swarm of wasps

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A man was attacked and stung more than 200 times by a swarm of wasps when he fell on to their nest.

Ambulances from Hertford and Stevenage were called to London Road in Baldock, Hertfordshire, where the man had fallen on to a bush and disturbed the nest.

He was treated by paramedics before being taken to hospital on Monday night and has since been allowed home.

East of England Ambulance Service spokesman Gary Sanderson said: "The man fell on a bush and disturbed the nest."

The wasps then swarmed around him and repeatedly stung him.

He was initially treated by paramedics at the scene before he was taken by ambulance to an awaiting medical team at the Lister Hospital in Stevenage.