Woman died after falling into pond alligators in an incident that occurred on a golf course in Englewood, a town on the southwest coast of the state Florida (USA), according to local media this Saturday.
The Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office said the incident, which took place on Golf and Country Club Boca Royale Englewood, where a woman, an elderly woman of an undisclosed age, died after falling into an alligator pond.
According to the first version provided by the sheriff’s office, witnesses to the incident saw an elderly woman fall, apparently as a result of an accident, into a pond located on a golf course near her home.
The old woman tried to stay afloat, but two alligators They grabbed her and plunged her into the water, which led to her death.
The health authorities who provided first aid pronounced the woman dead at the scene.
case under investigation
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission (FWC) has responded to a call to capture alligators pond and investigate.
The Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office has not yet identified the elderly woman.
Since 1948, there have been more than 20 documented deaths from alligator attacks in the FWC, according to FWC data on human interaction with alligators. Florida.
The alligator population in this state is currently estimated at 1.3 million animals of all sizes, scattered across 67 counties in the Southeastern United States.
tragic background
One of the most widespread cases of incidents with alligators is the case that occurred on June 14, 2016 at the Grand Floridian Resort & Spa in Orlando, owned by Disney.
A two-year-old boy named Lane Thomas was dragged into the water alligator when he was with his family on the shore of an artificial lake.
Although his parents jumped into the water and tried to free the boy from the alligator, they were unable to prevent his death. (EFE)
Source: RPP
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