A bike ride through one Irvine neighborhood ended in tragedy after 25-year-old Julian Hernandez fell into nearby brush, was bitten by a rattlesnake, and later died after spending more than a month in the hospital.
What happened?
Julian Hernandez, a 25-year-old from Costa Mesa, was biking near the Quail Hill Community Center when the incident occurred.
According to Kyle Oldoerp, a spokesperson for the Irvine Police Department, Hernandez was apparently trying to unclip his bike shoe when he lost balance, fell off the trail, and landed in the brush, Voice of OC reported. It was then that he was bitten by the rattlesnake.
ABC 7 reported that Orange County Fire Authority crews treated Hernandez at the scene before taking him to a hospital, where he remained for more than a month before his death, which a coroner officially ruled as being due to the bite…