GENEVA, Fla. - A woman has died after she was bitten by an alligator in Geneva on Sunday, according to officials with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
Officials said the 31-year-old woman was swimming in Little Big Econ River around 1:30 p.m. when the attack happened.
The woman was taken to an area hospital as a trauma patient where she later died, according to officials. The identity of the woman has not yet been released.
FWC, Seminole County Sheriff's Office and Seminole County Fire Department officials all responded to the scene.
The attack marks the third alligator attack within a week in Central Florida.
The incident is the first fatal alligator bite in the Central Florida area in the past ten years, according to FWC documents.
The Source: Information in this article was provided by the Seminole County Fire Department and FWC.