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05-06-2009, 05:56 PM
20-Foot Fall From Tree Kills Bee Keeper
Officials Say Man Was Experienced Bee Handler
POSTED: 12:46 am EDT April 21, 2009
UPDATED: 4:03 pm EDT April 21, 2009
WESTMINSTER, S.C. -- A 52 year-old Westminster man was killed in a fall from a tree at his home Monday evening.
Douglas Eugene Lee, reported to be an experienced bee handler, climbed more than 20 up a pine tree to retrieve a swarm of honey bees when he fell at about 7:30 p.m.
Lee's niece found him following the fall, Oconee County Coroner Karl Addis said in a release.
Lee's niece is a medical first responder with the Oconee County Rescue Squad and lives nearby, Addis said.
Lee was taken to Oconee Medical Center, where he died.
Addis said that Lee was known to have heart problems, but an autopsy found that he died as a result of injuries suffered in the fall that caused internal trauma and bleeding.
Lee's death has been classified as accidental.
Officials Say Man Was Experienced Bee Handler
POSTED: 12:46 am EDT April 21, 2009
UPDATED: 4:03 pm EDT April 21, 2009
WESTMINSTER, S.C. -- A 52 year-old Westminster man was killed in a fall from a tree at his home Monday evening.
Douglas Eugene Lee, reported to be an experienced bee handler, climbed more than 20 up a pine tree to retrieve a swarm of honey bees when he fell at about 7:30 p.m.
Lee's niece found him following the fall, Oconee County Coroner Karl Addis said in a release.
Lee's niece is a medical first responder with the Oconee County Rescue Squad and lives nearby, Addis said.
Lee was taken to Oconee Medical Center, where he died.
Addis said that Lee was known to have heart problems, but an autopsy found that he died as a result of injuries suffered in the fall that caused internal trauma and bleeding.
Lee's death has been classified as accidental.