New bodycam footage shows police officers responding to woman mauled to death by alligator
New insights continue to pour in regarding Brittany Clark's savage death at the hands of an alligator.
Last weekend, the 31-year-old and her boyfriend Chance Allison, and roommate Jayden Hernandez, took a dip in the Econlockhatchee River of Florida's Little Big Econ State Forest, but this would prove to be a fatal mistake.
Despite only being submerged in three feet of water at the time, the trio were preyed upon by one of the forest's resident reptiles.
In the melee, Brittany lost almost both of her arms, with one remaining attached by a thread. She would later pass away from her wounds on the way to hospital.
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Now, via News Channel 8, first responder bodycam footage paints a scene of utter shock as officers approach a dying Brittany, surrounded by her companions.
Released yesterday (July 2), the police video clip featured Seminole County Sheriff's Office deputies heading towards the edge of the Econlockhatchee River.
"Where are we?" they questioned, leading somebody to point them in the direction of a tent. "It's bad," declared another person.
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission later confirmed that a 13-foot alligator was discovered at the scene of the incident, while a second slightly smaller animal was tracked down about half a mile down river.
In a statement, FFWCC spokesperson Chade Weber added of the tragic circumstances: "They were hiking and they just stopped to swim. She was bitten on both of her arms.
"The boyfriend was the one that made the phone call. He was trying to get her from the alligator's mouth, and on the way to the hospital she did pass away from her injuries."
Since the attack, it's also come to light that Jayden made a haunting joke just moments before the three swimmers were set upon.
Via Facebook, the traumatised roommate has recalled commenting on the 'murky' state of the water and what could be watching them from beneath the surface.
"There were air bubbles within our little triangle we made with our bodies in the water and I commented on how it might be a sneaky gator, and Chance, Brittany's boyfriend, swam right over it to show nothing was there and nothing was there," she noted.
"[Brittany] literally commented on how she thought he was gonna act like he got attacked and we just laughed. It was just a joke... and just a few minutes later my best friend got attacked."
Dan Seddon