By John Estridge
An Anderson police detective died after being stung by hornets in Franklin County Sunday, October 4.
According to an Anderson Herald Bulletin article, Larry Crenshaw, 59, was pronounced dead at the Rushville Memorial Hospital.
Crenshaw and another man were removing a deer stand on property off Snail Creek Road when Crenshaw was attacked by the hornets. According to the Herald Bulletin article, Crenshaw was stung 40 to 50 times.
A person who was with Crenshaw left the woods to go get help. When emergency personnel and the Metamora Fire Department and Responder 24 arrived, they had to go back into the woods, find Crenshaw and then remove him from the woods, which took time.
Those on the scene wanted a paramedic but the closest paramedic at the time was in Versailles. Paramedics were then contacted in Connersville and the local emergency personnel, being led by a Franklin County Sheriff’s Department deputy, met with the paramedic at the Metamora Church of God.
Both Franklin County Coroner Brian Baxter and Rush County Coroner Ron Jarman were both quoted in the article as saying Crenshaw had an allergic reaction.
Also, quoted in the article is Franklin County native and Laurel High School graduate Terry Turner. Turner, who is a teacher at Anderson High School and the Daleville baseball coach and knows both people involved, said the second man survived the hornet attack.
According to the article, Crenshaw was with the Anderson Police Department for 30 years. He was a patrolman for six years, chief of police for four years and a detective for 20.