A 35-year-old tribal man, who was carried on foot from Attukarandurai tribal hamlet in Alleri hillock in Vellore district to a hospital 17 km away after he was bitten by a snake, died on the way early Thursday.
The police said around 12.30 a.m on Thursday, C. Sankar, a labourer, was sleeping in front of his tin roof house. His wife and two daughters, who were sleeping inside the house, woke up startled when Sankar raised an alarm. They saw a snake around the right hand of Sankar. Immediately, one of his daughters hit it with a wooden log. The snake fell and slithered away to the thick bushes.
