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May 8, 2009 3:48 pm US/Pacific

Rattlesnake Bites Man In SoCal Cemetery

WHITTIER, Calif. (AP) ― A man was hospitalized after being bitten by a rattlesnake while visiting a grave at a Whittier cemetery.

Rose Hills Memorial Park and Mortuary spokesman Nick Clark says a man with the last name Maddox was bitten Thursday evening after he saw the snake and tried to pick it up. He did not know Maddox's first name, but KABC-TV identified him as Dean Maddox.

Clark says a relative called 911 and took the man to nearby Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital.

A Presbyterian Intercommunity spokeswoman says Maddox was later transferred to Kaiser Permanente Baldwin Park Medical Center.

A Kaiser Permanente spokeswoman did not immediately return a call Friday seeking details about the victim's condition.

Clark says cemetery security guards searched for the snake but could not find it.

(© 2009 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)

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