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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Environment
Rafqa Touma

Queensland man who died after snake bite incident on weekend did not have venom in system

Brown snake
Authorities initially thought a brown snake was involved in the bite incident that preceded Donald Morrison’s death in Queensland on Saturday. Photograph: Stacey Mccarthy/AAP

A Queensland man who was thought to have died from a snake bite on the weekend when helping a friend did not have any venom in his body, a toxicology report has found.

Donald Morrison, who was in his 60s, was attending a reunion at Koumala state school in Queensland on Saturday when he was reportedly bitten on the arm and chest while removing the reptile that had coiled around his friend’s leg.

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