Wed 23 Jun 2010
Boy believed to have been bitten by spider died from staph infection
Posted by admin under Los Angeles , Passings Comments Off(From the latimes.com) The Los Angeles county coroner’s office said Tuesday night that a 13-year-old Pomona boy died of a staph infection, not a spider bite.
Pomona police had said the boy was bit by a spider and were investigating whether it contributed to his death Sunday. He was in cardiac arrest when Los Angeles County firefighters reached his home after a 911 call regarding a possible knee injury, the Pomona Police Department said.
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