Example of a rattlesnake. Photo via San Diego County News Center.

A 3-year-old boy was hospitalized as a trauma patient Friday after he was bitten by a rattlesnake in the Allied Gardens area.

Dispatchers received reports of the bite about 9:45 a.m. in the 6800 block of Easton Court, located off Waring Road, San Diego Fire-Rescue spokeswoman Monica Munoz said.

The boy was taken to Rady Children’s Hospital and animal control was contacted to get the rattlesnake, Munoz said.

–City News Service