Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — When Joseph Ricciardella saw the snake in the road, he stopped his car and tried to help it avoid getting ...

A Connecticut man is fighting for his life in a coma after he was bit by a rare rattlesnake he was trying to help. Joseph Ricciardella, a 45-year-old father of four, called his former girlfriend on ...

Venomous snake sightings occur everywhere from Blue Hills Reservation to Bash Bish Falls State Park.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This undated image provided of Brittany Hilmeyer, shows Joseph Ricciardella and his daughter Mia. When Ricciardella, an animal ...

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — When Joseph Ricciardella saw the snake in the road, he stopped his car and tried to help it avoid getting run over. The attempted good deed landed him in a Connecticut hospital ...