Posted on 05/10/2024 12:47:48 PM PDT by Red Badger
The officer had to undergo surgery and is on the road to recovery.
A Texas police officer suffered a bite from an alligator after attempting to remove it from the road.
Cleveland, TX Police Department
An officer with the Cleveland Police Department is recovering after suffering a nasty bite from a huge alligator he was helping to corral. Sgt. David Edwards was helping officers and Liberty County sheriff's deputies remove the 10-feet-long alligator from the middle of the roadway on State Highway 105 bypass near U.S. 59 around midnight on Wednesday. As Edwards helped other officers attempting to place a noose on the fearsome reptile's mouth to drag it off the road, the alligator bit down on his left wrist.
As a result of the attack, Edwards suffered broken bones and lacerations, according to the police department. Photos shared by the police department show a deep laceration above his left wrist. The bite force of the average alligator jaw has been measured to exert around 2,000 pounds of pressure, according to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD).
Officers worked to remove an alligator on the road on the State Highway 105 bypass near U.S. 59.
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We’re off to a start, at least; there are two of them seen now and then at Eagle Pass (one just last week).
Great music!
I was thinking the same. It is not like there is a shortage of gators or bullets.
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