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CALLER TIMES (Corpus Christi, Texas) 21 April 08 Man bitten by coral snake walks into hospital
Beeville: A 24-year-old man walked into the Christus Spohn Hospital in Beeville around 10 p.m. Sunday night with a venomous coral snake bite.
The man was transported by Halo Flight to Christus Spohn Hospital Memorial about 11 p.m. in serious condition. No update on his condition was available Monday morning.
According to the Texas Department of State Health Services, about 7,000 people are bitten by venomous snakes in the U.S. each year and 1 out of 500 result in death. On average, 1 to 2 people in Texas die each year from venomous snake bites.
Coral snakes are one of two types of venomous snakes found in Texas, the other is pit vipers (copperhead, cottonmouth and rattlesnake). Coral snakes are Elapids, snakes that have short, permanently erect fangs located along each side of the upper jaw. They have red, yellow and black color bands on their body. The bite is generally very painful.
Man bitten by coral snake walks into hospital

Since when are bites from coral snakes "incredibly painful"? Not that I've been bitten by one to know firsthand, but all the information I've seen regarding bites from them state that it is nearly painless, so much so that some people don't even realize that they've been bitten.
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Abhishek Prasad