Star Telegram 08/11/10
By BILL MILLER
[email protected]
A girl, a few weeks short of her second birthday, died early Wednesday at a Fort Worth hospital after she was bitten by snake Tuesday evening near Possum Kingdom Lake, according to reports.
Peyton Hood of Pflugerville, who would have been 2 on Sept. 1, died at Cook Children's Medical Center, the Tarrant County medical examiner reported.
The child was bitten by a rattlesnake Tuesday evening, according to Palo Pinto County Sheriff's dispatch records.
A woman called the sheriff's office at 7:37 p.m. to report that a snake struck her granddaughter on the ankle, the records stated.
The call was made from the 3700 block of Pasture Lane, which is on the south side of Possum Kingdom Lake. The area is near Possum Kingdom State Park in northwest Palo Pinto County.
A helicopter ambulance took the girl to Cook. She died at 12:35 a.m. Wednesday at the hospital's intensive care unit, the medical examiner reported.
Details about how the child encountered the snake were unavailable Wednesday.
โผPeyton was born on September 1, 2008 and passed away on Wednesday, August 11, 2010. He succumbed to a snake bite.
Peyton was a resident of Pflugerville, Texas at the time of his passing.
Visitation will be held at Lunn's Colonial Funeral Home on Friday, August 13 from 6-7 pm. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 AM, Saturday, August 14 at the Colonial Church, 4300 Maplewood Ave. in Wichita Falls.
By BILL MILLER
[email protected]
A girl, a few weeks short of her second birthday, died early Wednesday at a Fort Worth hospital after she was bitten by snake Tuesday evening near Possum Kingdom Lake, according to reports.
Peyton Hood of Pflugerville, who would have been 2 on Sept. 1, died at Cook Children's Medical Center, the Tarrant County medical examiner reported.
The child was bitten by a rattlesnake Tuesday evening, according to Palo Pinto County Sheriff's dispatch records.
A woman called the sheriff's office at 7:37 p.m. to report that a snake struck her granddaughter on the ankle, the records stated.
The call was made from the 3700 block of Pasture Lane, which is on the south side of Possum Kingdom Lake. The area is near Possum Kingdom State Park in northwest Palo Pinto County.
A helicopter ambulance took the girl to Cook. She died at 12:35 a.m. Wednesday at the hospital's intensive care unit, the medical examiner reported.
Details about how the child encountered the snake were unavailable Wednesday.
โผPeyton was born on September 1, 2008 and passed away on Wednesday, August 11, 2010. He succumbed to a snake bite.
Peyton was a resident of Pflugerville, Texas at the time of his passing.
Visitation will be held at Lunn's Colonial Funeral Home on Friday, August 13 from 6-7 pm. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 AM, Saturday, August 14 at the Colonial Church, 4300 Maplewood Ave. in Wichita Falls.
Star Telegram 08/11/10
By BILL MILLER
[email protected]
A girl, a few weeks short of her second birthday, died early Wednesday at a Fort Worth hospital after she was bitten by snake Tuesday evening near Possum Kingdom Lake, according to reports.
Peyton Hood of Pflugerville, who would have been 2 on Sept. 1, died at Cook Children's Medical Center, the Tarrant County medical examiner reported.
The child was bitten by a rattlesnake Tuesday evening, according to Palo Pinto County Sheriff's dispatch records.
A woman called the sheriff's office at 7:37 p.m. to report that a snake struck her granddaughter on the ankle, the records stated.
The call was made from the 3700 block of Pasture Lane, which is on the south side of Possum Kingdom Lake. The area is near Possum Kingdom State Park in northwest Palo Pinto County.
A helicopter ambulance took the girl to Cook. She died at 12:35 a.m. Wednesday at the hospital's intensive care unit, the medical examiner reported.
Details about how the child encountered the snake were unavailable Wednesday.
โผPeyton was born on September 1, 2008 and passed away on Wednesday, August 11, 2010. He succumbed to a snake bite.
Peyton was a resident of Pflugerville, Texas at the time of his passing.
Visitation will be held at Lunn's Colonial Funeral Home on Friday, August 13 from 6-7 pm. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 AM, Saturday, August 14 at the Colonial Church, 4300 Maplewood Ave. in Wichita Falls.
By BILL MILLER
[email protected]
A girl, a few weeks short of her second birthday, died early Wednesday at a Fort Worth hospital after she was bitten by snake Tuesday evening near Possum Kingdom Lake, according to reports.
Peyton Hood of Pflugerville, who would have been 2 on Sept. 1, died at Cook Children's Medical Center, the Tarrant County medical examiner reported.
The child was bitten by a rattlesnake Tuesday evening, according to Palo Pinto County Sheriff's dispatch records.
A woman called the sheriff's office at 7:37 p.m. to report that a snake struck her granddaughter on the ankle, the records stated.
The call was made from the 3700 block of Pasture Lane, which is on the south side of Possum Kingdom Lake. The area is near Possum Kingdom State Park in northwest Palo Pinto County.
A helicopter ambulance took the girl to Cook. She died at 12:35 a.m. Wednesday at the hospital's intensive care unit, the medical examiner reported.
Details about how the child encountered the snake were unavailable Wednesday.
โผPeyton was born on September 1, 2008 and passed away on Wednesday, August 11, 2010. He succumbed to a snake bite.
Peyton was a resident of Pflugerville, Texas at the time of his passing.
Visitation will be held at Lunn's Colonial Funeral Home on Friday, August 13 from 6-7 pm. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 AM, Saturday, August 14 at the Colonial Church, 4300 Maplewood Ave. in Wichita Falls.
