A hiker is dead after he was bitten on the hand while picking up a rattlesnake on a trail at the Savage Gulf State Park in Grundy County, authorities say.

Grundy County is about two hours southeast of Nashville on Interstate 24.

Rescue crews were called to the trailhead on 55th Avenue at about 12:30 p.m. Aug. 8, the Grundy County Emergency Management Agency said. When they found the hiker, they immediately started CPR until he was hooked up to a mobile CPR machine.

The man was rushed to a hospital, where he later likely died from an allergic reaction to the snake's venom, the agency said. More: With warmer weather comes Tennessee's most venomous creatures: What to do if you're bitten

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