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The family of a teenager bitten by a snake in Queensland has made the heartbreaking decision to turn off his life support. Beau Horan, 16, was bitten by a snake at his home near Gladstone on Monday and died in hospital on Wednesday afternoon. “It is with overwhelming sadness that we share the loss of 16-year-old Beau Horan who, after being bitten by a snake, has tragically passed away, despite the urgent medical care he received and efforts to save him,” family friend Shaun Connolly said.
“By the time they found him collapsed, they called an ambulance and it was only then they realised he’d been bitten by a snake,” he said. “We don’t know too much what the circumstances were, but we think he wasn’t aware he had been bitten.” Horan was taken to Gladstone Hospital before being airlifted to Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital. “His passing has left an indescribable emptiness in our hearts and the family,” Connolly said on a GoFundMe set up to support Horan’s family.
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