Queensland man in 60s dies from snake bite after removing animal from friend’s leg

Authorities are unsure of the species of snake that bit and killed a 60-year-old Queensland man, but the patient’s symptoms pointed to a brown snake, which are common in the state. Photograph: Supplied/PR IMAGE

A man in his 60s has died from a snake bite in central Queensland, after helping to remove a snake which had coiled around his friend’s leg.

Two men were treated by the Queensland Ambulance Service in Koumala, a town 60km south of Mackay, shortly after 6.30pm on Saturday evening.