Tamil Nadu: Teenager dies of snake bite near Udhagamandalam

Udhagamandalam: A 17-year-old boy on Saturday died of snake bite at his home near Gudalur about 80 km from here, police said.

The 17-year-old boy, doing his plus two, was sleeping in his house having a bamboo roof, when a Russel's viper fell on him in the early hours, police said.

Even as he was trying to drive it away, the snake bit his neck.