Gator bites girl at Florida park

Associated Press

ORLANDO, FLA.

An alligator bit a 10-year-old girl on the leg as she sat in shallow lake waters at a Florida park, authorities said.

The girl was with her family at Moss Park in Orange County when she was bitten Saturday, said Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission spokesman Chad Weber.

Weber said she was sitting in water roughly 2 feet deep when the 8-foot-9-inch gator bit her on her knee and calf. “She had puncture wounds but I don’t think they’re life threatening,” Weber told the Orlando Sentinel.

Her family took her to a hospital for treatment. Authorities trapped the alligator.

There have been 388 alligator bites on people in Florida since 1948, including 24 fatalities, according to the wildlife commission.