Thousands of angry bees attack and kill a South African woman after her vehicle hits an electricity substation containing their hive.

Paul Nel, spokesman for Netcare 911, a private paramedic and ambulance service says, "The car crashed into an electrical substation in Johannesburg which housed a bee hive. It was 10-years old and had in excess of a million bees and they just went wild. The people managed to stumble out of the car, but they were just overcome by bees."

He says the woman died at the scene, while her husband is recovering at a hospital. Local media report the woman was in her early 60s, but Nel says he cannot confirm her age.