Connecticut man in coma after being bitten by rattlesnake

HARTFORD, Connecticut: Joseph Ricciardella is in a medically induced coma after he was bitten by a rattlesnake he stepped out of his car to help get off the road.

Ricciardella was trying to avoid running over the rattlesnake.

Brittany Hilmeyer, Ricciardella's former girlfriend and the mother of his daughter said he is now in a Connecticut hospital in a medically induced coma after the timber rattlesnake,