A buddy of mine tagged one on Hwy 90 in east New Orleans in a 240Z. He was lucky to have survived. Gators are pretty solid chunks of meat. As Troy says “Choot ‘em!”
Once rolled over one in the middle of the road, at dusk, in a Dodge Caravan, going about 40 MPH. Like driving over a log! In fact I thought it was a log, and was going around it, when it moved and darted under my wheels.
Godspeed to the family...