A 25-year-old man has died after being bitten by a rattlesnake while mountain biking on a trail in Irvine.
Julian Enrique Hernandez of Costa Mesa was mountain biking along the Irvine trail near the Quail Hill trailhead in February when he stopped to wait for another rider and let people pass. As he unclipped from his bike, he reportedly lost his balance and fell in the nearby brush, where a rattlesnake bit him on the leg, according to Irvine police spokesperson Kyle Oldoerp.
Irvine Police responded to the call of a rattlesnake bite on Feb. 1 and Hernandez was transported to a hospital. He died of his injuries weeks later on March 4, and the coroner listed his death as due to “animal bite,” Oldoerp confirmed…