Player Dies Of Snake Bite: Australian Field Hockey Player Dies After Venomous Bite

A field hockey player died Friday days after being bitten by a venomous king brown snake in Australia's tropical north and proceeding to go for a 2-kilometre (1.2-mile) training run, according to the Associated Press. Fairfax Newspapers reported Friday that the 26-year-old Karl Berry was cleaning up at Marrara Hockey Centre in Darwin, northern Territory, on Tuesday when he picked up a snake assuming it was non-venomous and threw it into bushes.