Maverick County Water Control & Improvement District No. 1 Employee dies from bee stings

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2016

An employee, Benito Martinez, age 70, of the Maverick County Water Control and Improvement District No. 1 in Eagle Pass, Texas was stung by a swarm of bees while working on Thursday, September 15, 2016, at approximately 12 Noon, and succumbed to the bee stings and pronounced dead.

Although the Eagle Pass Fire Department EMS and First Responders attempted to resurrect Martinez, he fell to the venom of the bee stings or some other natural cause. 

“The Maverick County Water Control and Improvement District No. 1 Board of Directors, Administration, and Staff express their deepest condolences to the family of their esteemed colleague, Benito Martinez, and pray for his eternal rest,” said Cynthia Martinez, General Manager of the MCWCID No. 1.