Witnesses told officials that the man picked up what is believed to be a timber rattlesnake before it bit him.

WASHINGTON — A hiker at a Tennessee state park has died after he was bitten by a venomous snake, according to park officials.

First responders were called to the Savage Gulf trailhead off 55th Avenue in Gruetli-Laager Friday around 12:30 p.m.

A hiker in Tennessee died after getting bitten by a rattlesnake. But, authorities said that the man might have been allergic ...

A hiker has died after being bitten by a snake in a popular state park, The New York Times reported. The incident marks one of the rare instances of a fatal snake bite.

A hiker died in south-central Tennessee after he was bitten on the hand by a venomous rattlesnake. Find out how common they are in Kentucky.

A hiker suffered a fatal snake bite in Tennessee after picking up a Timber rattlesnake near the beginning of a trail in ...

The unidentified male hiker, who was in Tennessee’s Savage Gulf State Park on Aug. 8, picked up what was likely a Timber rattlesnake, which has “venom potent enough to kill a human,” but whose “bites ...

The man died after being bitten on the hand by the reptile after he picked it up while hiking on a trail at the Savage Gulf ...

While thousands of people are bitten by venomous snakes in the United States each year, deaths are uncommon, according to the ...

A hiker died at Savage Gulf State Park in south-central Tennessee after he was bitten on the hand by a venomous rattlesnake.

A man has died after he was bitten by a venomous snake at a Tennessee state park, according to park officials.