2-Year-Old Lee County Toddler Dies From Rattlesnake Bite

A 2-year-old toddler was bitten in Lee County on June 9, 2002 and died one day later.  The child was on a walk with his aunt and uncle when he was struck two or three times in the leg by an eastern diamondback rattlesnake. 

While fatalities from snake bites are rare, they do happen. Please be careful when you’re out and about this summer, and take super extra caution when you have kids with you. Like this situation, their little bodies just can’t take large doses from big venomous snakes.