Toddler dragged underwater by Alligator near Disney resort
A two-year-old child has reportedly been dragged into a lagoon by an Alligator in Orlando.
The Orange County Sheriff’s Office said the toddler was pulled into the Seven Seas lagoon, near the Grand Floridian Hotel at Walt Disney World around 9.30pm, The Orlando Sentinel reports.
A desperate search for the child is currently underway.
According to multiple tweets, the child is believed to have been watching a movie on a beach when the horrifying incident occurred.
There are no further details available at this time.
#BREAKING: A 2-year-old was dragged underwater by an alligator in Orlando. https://t.co/hooXecNUzw
— WSVN 7 News (@wsvn) June 15, 2016
Tonight at Walt Disney’s Grand Floridian Hotel crews search Seven Seas Lagoon for possible alligator attack victim pic.twitter.com/lVSOxivh05
— Shawn Powers (@Shawn_Powers) June 15, 2016
A crowd has started to form around the Seven Seas Lagoon by the resort as deputies search the water pic.twitter.com/VtX8qTUHC7
— Christal Hayes (@Journo_Christal) June 15, 2016