An eight-year-old boy was rushed to hospital after an adder bite caused his hand to swell up "five times the normal size". Jake Closier was on a day trip to the beach when he was attacked by the venomous snake.
He was with dad Kenny, 33, and mum Sophie, 32, at popular beauty spot Hemsby beach in Norfolk, when the snake launched at him while he played in the sand dunes. Sophie initially thought the bite was from a harmless grass snake but realised something was wrong when Jake's hand went “completely hard”.
Sophie, from Camden Town, London, said: "We were talking a family walk along the beach to look for the seals and were heading towards Winterton. My son was running around on the beach in the sand dunes and he fell over and was bit by the venomous snake.
