Seminole County, Fla. —
A 31-year-old woman has died after an alligator attack, according to The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
Seminole County Fire crews were called out to the Little Big Econ River at Bar Street Trailhead in Geneva around 1:30 p.m. A fire department spokesperson told Channel 9 a 31-year-old woman was bitten by an alligator. They say the woman was swimming with friends in the river.
The victim was taken to a trauma hospital where she died from her injuries, according to FWC.
FWC says multiple agencies and an alligator trapper are on scene working to trap the gator.
This is the second reported alligator attack this weekend, and the theird in the last week; a child was bitten by a gator at Nelson Fish Camp in Umatilla Saturday, while the Rainbow River was shut down after an alligator bit a snorkler on June 21.
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