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|A French backpacker has died after being bitten by a highly venomous brown snake during a seasonal job in rural Australia.The 25-year-old was working as a casual grain harvester in Mallee, 470km northwest of Melbourne, when he was bitten on October 24.Emergency services were called to a property in Nullawil after a friend found him unresponsive on the farm.He was flown to Melbourne’s Alfred Hospital in a critical condition but died after doctors switched off his life support two days after his heart attack.The owner of the Access Grain site where the backpacker worked, Wade Humphries, said he was found with stab wounds to his ankle.A French backpacker working in rural Victoria died on October 24 after being bitten by a highly venomous brown snakeEmergency services were called to an Access Grain location in Nullawil where they found the 25-year-old with bite wounds to his ankleThe family of the heroic grandfather who died after bravely grabbing a snake wrapped around his mate’s leg have relived his final tragic moments. Mr Humphries told the ABC that the death was a “real tragedy” and that it was unclear whether he had been bitten while working in the grain receiving department or in his spare time.A Victorian Police spokesman said a report was being prepared for the coroner on the backpacker, who was employed on a work visa.Worksafe Australia has confirmed that it is aware of the man’s death and that “They are responsible for more snakebite deaths than any other species in the country, although only two snakebite deaths are recorded each year.

|A French backpacker has died after being bitten by a highly venomous brown snake during a seasonal job in rural Australia.The 25-year-old was working as a casual grain harvester in Mallee, 470km northwest of Melbourne, when he was bitten on October 24.Emergency services were called to a property in Nullawil after a friend found him unresponsive on the farm.He was flown to Melbourne’s Alfred Hospital in a critical condition but died after doctors switched off his life support two days after his heart attack.The owner of the Access Grain site where the backpacker worked, Wade Humphries, said...

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