Tragic twist after hardworking Aussie dad is identified as man bitten by a brown snake in North...

North Queensland man died from suspected brown snake bite. READ MORE:A hardworking Aussie dad died after he was bitten by a brown snake while trying to remove the creature from a childcare centre in north Queensland.

Mr Brookes - who went into cardiac arrest before paramedics arrived - was taken to hospital in a critical condition, where he later died. After being bitten, but before he suffered serious symptoms, Mr Brookes managed to drive home to tell his wife, with the snake still in a bag.Queensland Ambulance Service acting director of the Townsville district, Paula Marten, said Mr Brookes' wife desperately tried save his life.

'She immediately immobilised the limb and applied compression bandages, and then the symptoms presented and that's when his wife has contacted triple-0,' she said.'If you're not aware of snakes, then treat them all as if they are venomous — contact triple-0 and apply the basic first aid measures,' she said.

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