An aged girl was killed after she fell right into a pond alongside a Florida golf course and was attacked by two alligators, authorities mentioned.

The incident occurred shortly earlier than Eight p.m. Friday on the Boca Royale Golf and Nation Membership in Englewood, about 30 miles south of Sarasota.

The lady fell right into a pond alongside the course close to her dwelling “and struggled to remain afloat,” the Sarasota County Sheriff’s Workplace mentioned in a press release.

“Whereas within the water two alligators have been noticed close to the sufferer and finally grabbed her whereas within the water,” the sheriff’s workplace mentioned.

The lady, who has not been recognized by authorities, was pronounced lifeless on the scene.

An alligator trapper from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Fee responded and eliminated the alligators as a part of the investigation, the sheriff’s workplace mentioned.

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Fee mentioned an 8′ 10” alligator and a 7′ 7″ alligator seen close to the pond have been eliminated. The company mentioned it’s unknown presently if the alligators have been concerned within the incident, however that it would not plan to take away any extra alligators from the world presently.

“The FWC and Sarasota County Sheriff’s Workplace will likely be working collectively on this investigation till reason behind dying is set by the Sarasota County Medical Examiner’s Workplace,” the company mentioned in a press release.

No additional info was launched by the sheriff’s workplace amid the investigation.

The Boca Royale Golf and Nation Membership advised ABC Information it would not have a remark presently.

The nation membership is positioned in a 1,000-acre non-public gated group that options lakes and nature preserves, in response to its web site.

Deadly alligator bites are uncommon. From 1948 to 2021, Florida reported 442 unprovoked chew incidents from alligators, 26 of which resulted in fatalities, in response to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Fee. Within the final 10 years, the state has averaged eight unprovoked bites a yr that require medical remedy, the company mentioned.

The probability of somebody being severely injured throughout an unprovoked alligator incident in Florida is roughly one in 3.1 million, in response to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Fee.

A person believed to be in search of Frisbees in a lake was killed in a suspected alligator assault in late Might in Largo, a metropolis within the Tampa Bay space, police mentioned.