An experienced snake handler has died after he was bitten by a rattlesnake at a festival in the US over Bank Holiday weekend.
Eugene De Leon Sr, who had tamed and looked after snakes for more than 20 years, lost his life following the tragic incident at the Rattlesnake Roundup in the small town of Freer in South Texas on Saturday (April 30).
The 60-year-old was bitten in the shoulder before being airlifted 80 miles to a hospital on the coast, where he was pronounced dead eight hours later, the New York Post reports.
