A 6-year-old boy died after being bitten by a rattlesnake in Colorado, local news outlets reported.
The boy was riding his bike on a trail at the Bluestem Prairie Open Space near Colorado Springs on July 5 when the snake bit him, KDVR reported. His father didn’t have his phone with him at the time, so he carried his son to the closest neighborhood to get help, according to the outlet.
“As soon as the kid was bitten, the dad grabbed him and started running toward the street … screaming for help,” Security Fire Battalion Chief Derek Chambers told CBS Colorado.
Fire officials responded within minutes, and the child was taken to a hospital by helicopter, the outlet reported. At the hospital he was treated with antivenin, KDVR reported.
But the boy died several days after he was bitten, officials told KMGH
“Being a dad myself it really, really hits home,” Chambers told CBS…
