A MAN was brutally stung 160 times when angry wasps invaded his home and followed him into the shower. Andrew Powell, 57, explained how the sky "turned brown" with thousands of the insects as they carried out their terrifying attack. The festival organiser from Brecon said he hasn't been able to sleep as he has been in agony since the ordeal on Sunday which left him needing hospital treatment.
The insects flew into his house after a local farmer's combine harvester disturbed a nest in a field. Andrew managed to get inside and into the shower but the wasps tailed him and stung him through his clothes. All I could see was a white light and I thought 'here we go' Andrew said he was stung 15 times to the back of his head, but managed to avoid getting stung in his face as he was "running fast".
read more on wasps He told the BBC how a friend who lives nearby, drove him straight to the the minor injuries unit at Brecon War Memorial Hospital. "I was dropping in and out of consciousness," he said, adding: "All I could see was a white light and I thought 'here we go'." Andrew praised his nurses and said they were "amazing".
He was given adrenaline, morphine and co-codamol for the pain and told the BBC :"If they hadn't, then I'd be dead." Most read in Health After his initial treatment at Brecon Andrew was transferred to Prince Charles Hospital in Merthyr Tydfil later on Sunday evening. When the doctor came to see him he was shocked to learn it was 160 stings Andrew had suffered.
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