Alligator injures girl swimming in popular summer state park destination

A North Carolina girl was injured last weekend after coming in contact with an alligator while she and a group of other children were swimming in Lake Waccamaw, located about an hour east of Wilmington.

The Lake Waccamaw Police Department announced the incident on Friday, June 13, saying multiple children were playing in about four feet of water when the 12-year-old victim yelled, "Something bit me!"

The children were "rushed out of the water," at which point an alligator surfaced in the shallow water, police said.