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While the species of snake involved in the third fatal California bite of 2026 has yet to be determined, two other people have already died from rattlesnake bites in the state this year (Getty) A Northern California woman has died after being bitten multiple times by a venomous snake,
A 78-year-old Redwood Valley woman has died after a venomous snake bit her multiple times while she was walking on rural private property earlier this month, turning a routine outing into a fatal emergency. Her family rushed her to a hospital in Ukiah, where she was pronounced dead on April 10.