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Man recovering from rattlesnake bite

Updated: Tuesday, 07 Jul 2009, 8:04 AM EDT
Published : Tuesday, 07 Jul 2009, 7:47 AM EDT

    Marlborough (AP) - A 45-year-old Connecticut man is recovering from a rattlesnake bite over the weekend in Marlborough.

    Robert Burns of Wallingford was bitten by the rattler Sunday while he was in a yard with his family during a Fourth of July celebration.

    He is in Hartford Hospital recovering from the bite to his wrist.

    People at the party were playing Frisbee Sunday evening when a boy ran after the flying disc near a wooded area. The snake came out of a pile of leaves.

    Burns rushed over and tried to get the snake onto a stick when it bit him. Somebody else at the party killed the snake with a shovel.

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    Information from: Republican-American

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