Officials said Elliot Senseman died from anoxic brain injury due to asphyxiation by constriction. The coroner's office said the manner of death was an accident.
UPPER MACUNGIE TWP., Pennsylvania -- A Lehigh County man has died following an incident last week where his pet snake wrapped around his neck leading an officer to shoot the reptile.Elliot Senseman, 27, of Upper Macungie Township was pronounced dead at Lehigh Valley Hospital- Cedar Crest on Sunday morning, according to the Lehigh County Coroner's Office.
Police were called to Senseman's home on the 1400 block of Church Street in Fogelsville around 2:12 p.m. last Wednesday. "Because the snake was so large, the midsection of the snake was wrapped around the throat. The head of the snake was just far enough away from the victim that the officer made a split-second decision and he proceeded to shoot the snake in the head," said Lt. Peter Nickischer with the Upper Macungie Township Police Department."It wasn't like it just died.