Karl Berry on the left with his dad Ian in the middle and brother Martin on the right. Photo: Supplied
A hockey player has died after being bitten by a king brown snake at hockey fields in the Northern Territory.
Karl Berry, 26, was at Marrara Hockey Centre in Darwin on Tuesday evening when he picked up a snake, thinking it was a python, and threw it into bushes.
The snake bit him on the hand, but he did not seek medical help because he thought the snake was harmless.
He then went for a two-kilometre run – which ambulance officers said was one of the worst things he could have done as it pumped the venom through his system – and collapsed when he returned.
The captain of the A-grade team of Commerce-Pints Hockey Club was rushed to hospital but declared dead on Wednesday night in the Intensive Care Unit after being put on life support.
Karl's father Ian said his son was a sports-mad bloke who loved his work as a service station manager.
"We'll get there," he said, when asked how he was coping.
"We've had better weeks."
Mr Berry said his family was keeping Karl's body on life support so his organs could be donated.
St John's Ambulance Operations Manager, Craig Garraway, said Mr Berry was conscious when paramedics arrived and it took up to 15 minutes for him to mention he had been bitten by a snake.
"He had gone for a two-kilometre run which pumped the venom around his system much faster," he said.
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