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SC woman dies in alligator attack
A woman was killed in an alligator attack on Monday in Beaufort County, South Carolina.
Posted 2022-08-16T00:53:10+00:00 - Updated 2022-08-16T00:53:10+00:00
A woman was killed in an alligator attack on Monday in Beaufort County, South Carolina.
The attack was reported around 11:15 a.m. in an age-restricted community in Okatie.
Deputies, medical responders and security personnel found a woman's body and an alligator nearby.
The circumstances surrounding the attack were not provided.
The South Carolina Department of Natural Resources was trying to remove the alligator from a body of water as of Monday afternoon.
The investigation is being handled by the SCDNR and the Beaufort County Coroner's Office.