A pre-school-aged girl has been taken to hospital after a suspected snake bite in Echuca, in northern Victoria.
Ambulance Victoria was called to the town at about 1.30pm on Tuesday after the child was believed to have been bitten by a snake.
An ambulance spokesman said the girl was transported by road ambulance to Echuca Public Hospital, about 233km north of Melbourne.
The species of snake involved is not known. An Echuca Hospital spokesman confirmed the child had arrived for treatment and said: “The child is well and awaiting further investigations.”
