An American father and son died after being stung by a swarm of hornets while ziplining in Southeast Asia, local officials confirmed.
Daniel Owen, 47, originally from Idaho Falls, Idaho, and his son Cooper, 15, died following the attack last month at Green Jungle Park in Laos, just northeast of Thailand.
Phanomsay Phakan, director of the Phakan Arocavet Clinic, where both victims were taken to be treated, confirmed the incident took place on Wednesday, Oct. 15.
"It was very brief and rushed," Phakan wrote in an email to USA TODAY. He did not elaborate.
The pair were apparently stung by hundreds of Asian giant hornets as they descended from a tree with a ziplining guide at the adventure resort, U.K. newspaper The Times reported.
