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Alligator bites arm off woman in Wekiva River

 
Published Aug. 9, 2015

A woman swimming in the Wekiva River on Saturday was attacked by an alligator that bit her arm off just above the elbow, officials with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said.

The woman, who was not identified, is 37 years old, Karen Parker, spokeswoman for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, told the Orlando Sentinel. She was taken to Orlando Regional Medical Center and rushed into surgery. Her condition is unknown.

According to the Sentinel, the woman was swimming with a group near Wekiva Island, which rents canoes and cabanas and serves drinks from an outdoor bar, north of Orlando.

"We see the jaws just chomp down on her arm, and it starts spinning around, pulls her underwater, goes back up," Jakob Frick of Orlando told the Sentinel. "She's just screaming."

Trappers are still looking for the alligator.