Crime & Safety

Camp Worker's Cause of Death Released

The 64-year-old man was a seasonal maintenance worker at the Farmington camp.

Walter Darden was preparing Camp Courant for the summer season when he was stung by yellow jacket bees that were in an air conditioner.

After he was stung, someone called 911 and the medics arrived within minutes. Darden was transported to John Dempsey Hospital, where he died.

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An exterminator was called to the property after the incident and the bees are no longer in the air conditioner.

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