JEFFERSON COUNTY, Colo. – A hiker who was taken to a hospital with life-threatening injuries after he was bit by a rattlesnake early Saturday afternoon has died, a spokesperson from St. Anthony's Hospital said.
An official with the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office said they received the report of the snake bite at around 12:40 p.m.
The hiker, a man in his 30s, was about a mile into the trail at Mt. Galbraith in Golden. Colorado.
He was taken to St. Anthony’s hospital and was listed with life-threatening injuries as of 12:40 p.m. He was pronounced dead just after 5 p.m.
A sheriff's deputy said the hiker was with other people on the trail when the report was called in.
No other information was available.