Mundelein native dies of rattlesnake bite in Colorado

Monday, October 9, 2017
DENVER (WLS) -- A suburban Mundelein native died after being bitten by a rattlesnake while hiking in Colorado.

Daniel Hohs, 31, was hiking Saturday with a woman on the outskirts of Denver. The rattlesnake bit Hohs once on the ankle.
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Paramedics tried to get him to the hospital, but he went into cardiac arrest and died.

Hohs was a 2004 graduate of Stevenson High School.
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