JACKSONVILLE BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Authorities say wasps had swarmed a 57-year-old landscaper just before he fell from a tree in Florida.
The Florida Times-Union reports Joseph English died Sunday, a day after he suffered severe head trauma and a broken back while trimming a tree at a home on Jacksonville Beach.
Daddy and Girls landscaping service owner Larry Lyles told police he was working with English on Saturday afternoon when he apparently disturbed a wasp nest in a palm tree. A police report says the insects attacked English, who fell from the ladder.
The police report says another co-worker told investigators she heard English scream and saw him trying to come down the ladder rungs when he appeared to let go and fell backward.
