Woman Dies After Being Attacked by an Alligator
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From Times Wire Reports
A professional landscaper died after being mauled by a 12-foot alligator that dragged her into a pond and nearly tore off an arm as rescuers engaged in a tug of war.
Janie Melsek, 54, was attacked by the alligator as she worked on landscaping behind a home on Sanibel Island, just off the Florida coast in the Gulf of Mexico.
She died in surgery at Lee Memorial Hospital to treat an infection caused by the reptile’s vicious bites.
Police killed the 457-pound alligator, which required six men to lift it to shore.
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