HEBBRONVILLE, TEXAS (AP) -- Officials say bees swarmed an elderly couple at their South Texas ranch, killing both and injuring their son.

Jim Hogg County deputies say 90-year-old William T. Steele, his 92-year-old wife Myrtle Steele and their 67-year-old son Richard Steele were spraying insecticide on a bees' nest when the bees swarmed and attacked them.

Richard Steele's wife, Judy Steele, told the Valley Morning Star of Harlingen that her father-in-law was pronounced dead at the scene.

She said her mother-in-law was airlifted to a Corpus Christi hospital 85 miles to the northeast, where she died Tuesday.

Richard Steele was taken to Laredo Memorial Hospital, about 80 miles to the west. His wife says he was released Tuesday.

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