A woman was bitten on the elbow by an alligator while she was boating in Florida, officials said. The woman was paddling at Tiger Creek Preserve in Polk County at the time of the incident on Monday, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said.

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission says the alligator bit the woman’s elbow while she was kayaking in the Tiger Creek Preserve in Polk County. She is now recovering at Osceola Regional Medical Center, but the extent of her injuries has not been confirmed.

The FWC said the woman was taken to the hospital for treatment and a trapper was called to remove the alligator.

An alligator attacked a woman while she was kayaking in Florida, wildlife officials said. The predator bit the woman’s elbow while she was paddling at the Tiger Creek Preserve in Polk County on Monday,

A woman is recovering in the hospital after she was reportedly bitten by an alligator at a nature preserve in Polk County. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) said they got word a woman who was kayaking at Tiger Creek Canal in the Babson Park area was bitten on her elbow by an alligator.