The Sumter County Sheriff’s Office said an eight-and-a-half-foot-long alligator attacked a 58-year-old man Tuesday on County Road 311 in Bushnell, WKMG reported.
The man’s condition was not immediately known, but he was airlifted to Ocala Regional Hospital.
The alligator was euthanized by a Florida Wildlife Commission gator trapper, according to Sumter County Fire and EMS Battalion Chief Brian Tucker. It weighed approximate 300 pounds, Tucker said.
Bushnell is about 60 miles away from Disney World in Orlando, where an alligator killed a toddler last week.
Each year, there have several gator attacks in Florida, according to statistics from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission. In 2015, there were 9 major attacks, including one that was fatal, according to the statistics.
As of April 2016, there was 1 major attack in Florida and no minor attacks.
