{"id":323547,"date":"2026-06-29T17:25:07","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T17:25:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/323547\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T17:25:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T17:25:07","slug":"woman-killed-in-alligator-attack-while-swimming-in-florida-river-fwc-says-nbc-6-south-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/323547\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman killed in alligator attack while swimming in Florida river, FWC says \u2013 NBC 6 South Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A woman was killed after she was attacked by an alligator while swimming in a Florida river, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p>The incident happened Sunday on the Econlockhatchee River near the Barr Street Trailhead in the Little Big Econ State Forest, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officials said.<\/p>\n<p>FWC officers and Seminole County Sheriff&#8217;s deputies responded after the woman was apparently bitten by an alligator while swimming in the river, officials said.<\/p>\n<p>She suffered serious injuries and was taken to a local hospital where she died from her injuries. Her identity hasn&#8217;t been released.<\/p>\n<p>A contracted nuisance alligator trapper responded and trapping efforts were ongoing, officials said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The FWC extends its deepest sympathies to the family and loved ones of the victim during this difficult time,&#8221; the agency said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>FWC officials said serious injuries caused by alligators are rare in Florida.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with a concern about an alligator can call FWC&#8217;s Nuisance Alligator Hotline at\u202f866-FWC-GATOR\u202f(866-392-4286).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A woman was killed after she was attacked by an alligator while swimming in a Florida river, authorities&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":323548,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-323547","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323547","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=323547"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323547\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/323548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=323547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=323547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=323547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}