Man tragically dies after being bitten by a brown snake in North Queensland

• North Queensland man died from suspected brown snake bite
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A man has died after a suspected eastern brown snake bite.

Paramedics rushed to a Deeragun, west Townsville, home to help the North Queensland man about 3.30pm on Tuesday.

He was taken to hospital in a critical condition, where he later died.

It’s understood the man was bitten by the deadly snake near the property and drove to the home to call for emergency services.

A study by the University of Melbourne found 23 of the 35 deaths recorded by the National Coronial Information Service between 2000 and 2016 were caused by brown snakes.

A North Queensland man died on Tuesday after a suspect eastern brown snake (pictured) bite

Most people who die from snake bites in Australia are male and bitten in the warmer months of the year, the study found.

The eastern brown is a medium sized snake with a slender to moderate build and smallish head.

They are known to prefer woodlands, scrublands, and savannah grasslands and are common throughout Australia’s east and southeast.

Eastern brown snakes are most active in spring and autumn.

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