Autopsy details horrific injuries in gator mauling in Florida

A final autopsy report has confirmed the horrific details of a fatal alligator attack on 31-year-old Brittany Clark in a Florida river. The report describes severe traumatic injuries sustained during the incident, which has been officially ruled an accident.
Why it matters
This incident highlights the ongoing risks of wildlife encounters in Florida and the tragic consequences of human-alligator interactions.
Thirty-one-year-old Brittany Clark was swimming in a Central Florida river on June 28 when she was pulled under by a 13-foot alligator and later died from her injuries after her boyfriend wrestled the gator in an attempt to save her. The final autopsy report from the District Nine Medical Examiner in Orlando says her left arm had near-complete traumatic amputation at the shoulder, and her right arm had near-complete traumatic amputation of the distal forearm. >> More: Lab results connect DNA of woman fatally attacked to 13-foot alligator Clark was with her boyfriend and friend near the Barr Street Trailhead in the Little Big Econ State Forest when they stopped to swim in the Econlockhatchee River around 1:30 p.m. She was in waist- to chest-deep water when the attack happened, wildlife officials said.
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