A hiker has been hospitalized after an alligator attacked and bit her on a Florida hiking trail, authorities say. The woman, who has not been identified, was hiking on the Bird Rookery Swamp Trail in Collier County, between Naples and Fort Myers, when the incident took place on Sunday, August 17.

A woman was attacked by an 8.5-foot alligator in Naples, Florida. Bites to her arm and leg resulted in broken bones and severe bleeding.