A woman, 31, died Sunday after an alligator bit her arms off while she was swimming with friends in the Econlockhatchee River in Central Florida, the latest in a spate of attacks that also left a child injured and has the state warning of dangers and urging reports on "nuisance alligators."The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) issued urgent warnings on Monday that alligators who have come to "associate people" with food have to be reported immediately and "removed from the wild."Sunday's deadly attack, detailed in a 911 call, was the second alligator attack in 24 hours in Central Florida and the third reported in the region in a week, according to FWC officials."Bad, real bad please, hurry ...she's losing a lot of ...
please hurry ..." a frantic 911 caller said, according to emergency calls obtained by local media Monday.
"Someone got bit by a gator...."WOMAN AIRLIFTED TO HOSPITAL WITH SERIOUS INJURIES AFTER SHARK ATTACK AT POPULAR SYDNEY BEACHThe Little Big Econlockhatchee Wildlife Management Area was the scene of a deadly alligator attack that has Florida officials warning of urgently reporting alligators who have developed a taste for human flesh.(Jeffrey Greenberg/Universal Images Group)The FWC said the woman was swimming near the Barr Street Trailhead in the Little Big Econ State Forest.
She was taken to a hospital as a trauma alert and later died from her injuries, officials said.Her name had not been released Monday."The FWC extends its deepest sympathies to the family and loved ones of the victim during this difficult time," FWC press secretary Ashlee Brahier Sklute told Fox News Digital in a statement.PARTNER OF WOMAN KILLED BY DOGS RECENTLY SAVED NEIGHBOR WOUNDED IN SIMILAR ATTACK: COURT RECORDSBraden Peters allegedly livestreamed himself repeatedly shooting a dead alligator at the Francis Taylor Everglades Wildlife Management Area in the Florida Everglades on March 26.
(iStock)FWC officers, the Seminole County Sheriff’s Office ...