ALEXANDER COUNTY, N.C. (WSOC) — A 4-year-old North Carolina boy was sent to the hospital after his family says a snake bit him at day care. The incident reported occurred at New Beginnings Child ...

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The day care said it happened on the playground when the 4-year-old was playing near a sandbox, and a worker killed the copperhead snake after the attack. But the boy’s family said the day care never ...