ALBERTVILLE, Ala. – A 5-year-old Alabama boy is dead after being bitten by a poisonous spider.
Funeral services were planned Wednesday for Branson Riley Carlisle of Albertville. The boy died Sunday.
Family pastor Jeff Stanford tells WHNT-TV the boy was bitten by a brown recluse spider on Sunday morning.
Stanford says the boy was immediately taken to a hospital but his condition continued to worsen. He died hours later.
A funeral home worker confirmed the cause of death to The Associated Press.