Multiple people have been attacked by alligators across central Florida in the last week, with the most recent attack killing a 31-year-old woman.
Serious encounters with alligators remain relatively rare, according to Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission data, but there have been three attacks in the last seven days. Two came with 24 hours of each other, according to CNN affiliate WESH.
The victim in the latest attack had stopped to swim with her boyfriend and friend in the Econlockhatchee River just north of Orlando Sunday afternoon when the alligator bit her, the FWC said in a press briefing.
Her boyfriend tried to get her out of the alligator’s mouth, officials said.
The 911 caller described the woman’s injuries as “horrible.” She suffered bites to both arms and later died after being transported to a hospital.
