A Florida woman died Tuesday afternoon when an alligator flipped her canoe and attacked her in Lake Kissimmee, which is south of Orlando and East of Tampa. Cynthia Diekema, 61, sat at the bow of the ...

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The gator thrashed, throwing the woman from the boat, FWC said. The woman landed on top of the gator in the water and was bitten. Her husband tried to help but was unsuccessful, FWC said. The two may ...

An alligator attacked and killed a woman who was canoeing with her husband on a central Florida lake Tuesday afternoon after ...

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FWC said the alligator attack occurred on Lake Kissimmee near Tiger Creek. A similar, though non-lethal attack happened in ...

Cynthia Diekema, 61, was killed after the canoe she was riding in with her husband drifted over a large alligator, Florida ...

An alligator killed a Florida woman after tipping over a canoe she and her husband were paddling, investigators said.

The most recent fatal alligator attack was in February 2023 when 85-year-old Gloria Serge was killed while walking her dog ...

An alligator killed a 61-year-old woman who was canoeing Tuesday in Lake Kissimmee, according to the Florida Fish and ...

A 61-year-old woman died after being attacked by an alligator on Tuesday while she was on Lake Kissimmee with her husband, ...

The FWC says the couple's canoe struck the alligator in 2.5 feet of water, causing the animal to thrash and tip the boat.