Hornets sting trail runners Victims reported recovering

Oct 4

France 2 reports around twenty participants stung by European hornets during the October 4 Trail Gargomançois in Saint-Maurice-en-Gourgois, Loire. Eleven received care; the anchor describes one critical evacuation later stabilized, while the package describes two serious cases. Maxime Prat recounts stings, weakness, vomiting and brief unconsciousness, then leaving the clinic the following afternoon. Organizers say the first runners passed safely and several course checks missed a nest inside a dead tree, since destroyed. Mayor David Perrin and the report suggest repeated vibrations may have disturbed the colony. Organizers say all runners are out of danger. A brief earlier Haute-Vienne cycling incident remains comparison, not this race’s tally.

European hornets stung about twenty participants at the October 4 Trail Gargomançois in Saint-Maurice-en-Gourgois, Loire. France 2 reports eleven treated; its anchor describes one critical evacuation later stabilized, while the package describes two serious cases. Maxime Prat recounts severe symptoms and leaving the clinic the following afternoon. Organizers say course checks missed a nest in a dead tree and all runners are now out of danger. A vibration explanation remains an assessment, not proven cause.