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6-year-old boy dies after rattlesnake bite in El Paso County

By CBSColorado.com Staff

/ CBS Colorado

Colorado child dies days after being bitten by rattlesnake

A 6-year-old boy has died after being bitten by a rattlesnake in El Paso County last week, family friends told a CBS TV affiliate in Colorado Springs.

The snake bit the young boy at Bluestem Open Space in Security Widefield.

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The family asked for privacy, and the victim's name hasn't been released. His death occurred on Monday.

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