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A 31-year-old woman died Sunday after an alligator severed her arms during a swim in Central Florida's Econlockhatchee River, marking the second alligator attack in the region within 24 hours and the third in a single week.
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission issued urgent public safety warnings Monday, citing peak courtship and mating season as the systemic driver behind the heightened activity across the state's estimated 1.3 million-strong alligator population.
Fatal Attack at Little Big Econ State Forest The woman was swimming near the Barr Street Trailhead in the Little Big Econ State Forest when she was bitten.
Emergency calls obtained by local media captured a frantic witness pleading for help, warning that the victim was losing blood rapidly. She was airlifted to a hospital as a trauma alert and later died from her injuries.
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