WIMAUMA, Fla. (AP) -- A man riding a motorcycle hit an alligator
that was crossing a rural Florida road, throwing him from his bike.
The
Florida Highway Patrol said in a news release that 27-year-old Calun Nelson was
riding his motorcycle south of Tampa early Friday when he saw the more than
10-foot alligator crossing the road in front of him. He tried to avoid the
gator, but couldn't.
Troopers
say Nelson was taken to a Tampa hospital with serious injuries.
Television
station WFLA reports an alligator trapper was called to retrieve the gator's
body.
It's
the second accident this week in Florida involving an alligator. On Tuesday a
driver on Interstate 75 escaped serious injury when she hit an alligator near Sarasota.
Source: wctv.tv
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