Pit Viper bites man twice at Lowe's

Man hospitalized after viper bite at Ocala Lowe's store
By Jeff Weiner, Orlando Sentinel

10:21 p.m. EDT, August 17, 2010
A man was hospitalized Tuesday after he was bitten twice by a pit viper at a Lowe's Home Improvement store, an Ocala Fire Rescue official said.

Brigade Chief Brian Stoothoff said a man in his 40s was bitten twice on his left hand in the store's garden section. The man was taken to Ocala Regional Medical Center and was expected to recover, Stoothoff said.

According to Stoothoff, the man was conscious when emergency crews responded to the store on Silver Springs Boulevard about 3:40 p.m. Tuesday.

Stoothoff said the venomous snake was caught and transported to the hospital with the patient so it could be identified, in case antivenin was necessary.
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