Snake-handling Ky. pastor dies from snake bite

MIDDLESBORO, Ky. —A snake-handling Kentucky pastor who appeared on the
National Geographic television reality show "Snake Salvation" has died
after being bitten by a snake.

According to a news release from the Middlesboro Police Department,
someone called first responders at about 8:30 p.m. on Saturday regarding
a snake-bite victim at a church.

When the ambulance arrived, they were told that Jamie Coots had gone
home. Contacted at his house, Coots refused medical treatment. Emergency
workers left at a little after 9:00 p.m. When they returned about an
hour later, Coots was dead.

Coots was caught in January 2013 transporting three rattlesnakes and two
copperheads through Knoxville, Tenn., for his church. Tennessee wildlife
officials confiscated the snakes, and Coots pleaded guilty to illegal
wildlife possession. He was given one year of unsupervised probation.

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