California mountain biker dies after month-long hospital stay following rattlesnake bite

A California upland biker has died aft a rattlesnake brushwood successful a quality sphere prompted a month-long hospitalization.

Julian Enrique Hernandez, 25, of Costa Mesa, died connected March 4, according to the Orange County Coroner’s Office.

The archetypal exigency took spot connected Feb. 1 astatine astir 11 a.m. section clip astatine the Quail Hill Trailhead, a fashionable recreation spot adjacent the Quail Hill Community Center.

The Irvine Police Department confirmed that Hernandez was upland biking erstwhile helium was bitten by a rattlesnake. The nonstop circumstances astir however the wound happened stay unclear.

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Julian Enrique Hernandez, a 25-year-old Costa Mesa resident, died aft suffering a rattlesnake wound during a February upland biking incidental astatine Quail Hill Trailhead adjacent Irvine, California. (GoFundMe)

The Orange County Fire Authority (OCFA) dispatched a unit to the country and Hernandez was transported to a adjacent infirmary successful captious condition.

He remained successful the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) for implicit 30 days.

A timber rattlesnake, communal successful South Georgia, sits successful the prima successful Okefenokee State Park connected March 15, 2024, successful Folkston, Georgia. (Megan Varner/Getty Images)

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According to a verified GoFundMe leafage established by his brother, the household remained hopeful during the stay, though they noted his betterment was "expected to instrumentality overmuch longer than anticipated."

"Julian was 25. He was beardown and healthy," his household wrote successful the GoFundMe. "He was live erstwhile helium got to the hospital. His full household was there, advocating for him each measurement of the way. Julian did not survive."

Following the 25-year-old’s death, the Hernandez household told CBS News Los Angeles via substance connection that they person initiated an autarkic third-party autopsy. The household declined on-camera interviews but described Julian arsenic a "deeply loved son, brother, boyfriend, and friend."

Mountain biker Julian Enrique Hernandez, 25, died from rattlesnake wound complications aft 30 days successful ICU. (GoFundMe)

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Fatalities from rattlesnake bites stay statistically uncommon successful the United States. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), determination are up to 8,000 radical bitten by venomous snakes annually, and lone astir 5 cases effect successful death.

Local authorities proceed to impulse way users astatine Quail Hill and surrounding Irvine parks to stay vigilant arsenic warmer upwind increases snake activity.

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Irvine Police and OCFA recommend:

Staying connected designated paths.

Keeping a region of astatine slightest 10 feet from immoderate snake encountered.

Wearing protective cogwheel and avoiding the usage of headphones to guarantee audible warnings (the "rattle") tin beryllium heard.

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