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A 4-year-old boy was bitten by a copperhead snake while playing at New Beginnings Child Enrichment Center in North Carolina

According to the day care center, the child was "quickly" taken to the hospital once their guardian arrived following the attack

"My first thought was, why didn’t they call 911?” the boy’s aunt, Brook Cooper, told WSOCTV9 of her arrival at the day care center

A 4-year-old boy is recovering from a venomous snake bite that the day care center he attends in North Carolina initially mistook for a splinter.

The child had been playing near a sandbox at New Beginnings Child Enrichment Center in Stony Point when his hand began to swell on Thursday, Sept. 4, WSOCTV9 reported. Day care workers contacted his guardian, suspecting that he may have a splinter o

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