By Zak Wheeler For Daily Mail Australia
12:45 07 Nov 2023, up to date 13:09 07 Nov 2023
A French backpacker has died after being bitten by a extremely venomous brown snake whereas working a season job in rural Australia.
The 25-year-old was working as an informal grain harvester in Mallee, 470 kilometres nort-west of Melbourne, the place he’s believed to have been bitten October 24.
Emergency providers have been referred to as to a property in Nullawil after a buddy on the farm discovered him unresponsive.
He was flown to the Alfred Hospital in Melbourne in a vital situation however died after medical doctors turned off his life assist two days after he suffered a coronary heart attack.
The proprietor of the Access Grain website the place the backpacker was working, Wade Humphries, stated that he was discovered with puncture wounds on his ankle.
Mr Humphries instructed the ABC that the dying was a ‘actual tragedy’ and that it was unclear whether or not he was bitten whereas working on the grain receival or throughout his free time.
A Victorian Police spokesperson stated {that a} report can be ready for the coroner concerning the backpacker, who was employed on a working visa.
Worksafe Australia has confirmed that it’s conscious of the person’s dying and that ‘inspectors will decide whether or not additional motion is required’.
The French embassy additionally confirmed that it was conscious of the dying however couldn’t present any additional touch upon the matter.
Brown snakes are thought-about the deadliest snake in Australia and the second deadliest on this planet.
They are liable for extra snake chew deaths than another species within the nation, although solely two associated deaths are recorded every year.
