A 31-year-old woman was killed by an alligator while swimming in a river in Florida, officials said.
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission identified the victim on Tuesday as Brittany Clark, of Orlando.
Clark, her boyfriend and her best friend were hiking on Sunday when they stopped to swim in the Econlockhatchee River near the Barr Street Trailhead in Seminole County, just north of Orlando, according to the FWC.
They were in about 3 feet of water when an alligator bit Clark on both arms, FWC spokesperson Chad Weber said.
“The boyfriend was the one that made the [911] phone call. He was trying to get her from the alligator’s mouth,” Weber said at a news conference Monday.
The woman died on the way to the hospital, Weber said.
