5 Year Old Dies From Spider Bite

ALBERTVILLE, Ala. (AP) – A 5-year-old Alabama boy is dead after being bitten by a poisonous spider.

Funeral services were planned Wednesday for Branson Riley Carlisle of Albertville. The boy died Sunday.

Family pastor Jeff Stanford tells WHNT-TV (http://bit.ly/1Fs8MIQ ) the boy was bitten by a brown recluse spider on Sunday morning.

Stanford says the boy was immediately taken to a hospital but his condition continued to worsen. He died hours later.

A funeral home worker confirmed the cause of death to The Associated Press.

The boy is survived by his mother and father, grandparents, aunts and uncles.