{"id":963,"date":"2025-06-02T23:06:34","date_gmt":"2025-06-02T23:06:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vecimasupport.com\/?p=963"},"modified":"2025-06-03T00:31:08","modified_gmt":"2025-06-03T00:31:08","slug":"florida-motorcyclists-injured-after-hitting-six-foot-alligator-on-highway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.vecimasupport.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/02\/florida-motorcyclists-injured-after-hitting-six-foot-alligator-on-highway\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida motorcyclists injured after hitting six-foot alligator on highway"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two motorcyclists were hospitalized over the weekend after striking a six-foot alligator on a Florida highway, according to state Highway Patrol<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The bizarre collision took place Saturday around 6:00pm on Interstate 4 in Volusia County, according to WOFL<\/a>, an Orlando-based FOX affiliate that spoke exclusively with both bikers.<\/p>\n

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67-year-old Cameron Gilmore, who sustained a broken foot and toes after hitting the alligator, told WFOL that he and 25-year-old Brandi Gross were riding with a larger group when the former noticed a “big blob in the road.” \u00a0<\/p>\n

“I thought it was a semi-tire that came off the tread or something,” Gilmore said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

However, the “blob” in question wasn’t a tire \u2013 it was an alligator<\/a> that threw him off of his motorcycle after he hit it.<\/p>\n

“I said, \u2018Uh, help me, Jesus\u2019,” Gilmore told WOFL.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“And I, um, just kept flipping. I\u2019m like, when is this going to stop?” He continued. “And then I started sliding, and I\u2019m like, when is this gonna stop? Just sliding and sliding, and then it went off the road into the grass, and, um, couldn\u2019t move much.”<\/p>\n

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Gross, who was right behind Gilmore, suffered a similar fate.<\/p>\n

“I just seen something, and like, once I realized what it was, it was just too late,” she told the network. “I was like, ‘oh crap, you know, like,’ and it just, the impact happened. I flipped over, and I just wasn’t expecting a gator to be in the middle of the road right there.”<\/p>\n

Gross reportedly sustained a concussion and cracked the bone on the side of her wrist.<\/p>\n

As for the alligator, the extent of its injuries remains unknown \u2013 and the crash is under investigation.<\/p>\n

Gilmore and Gross, however, remain upbeat despite their injuries.<\/p>\n

“They’re calling me Gator Gilmore instead of Florida man<\/a>,” Gilmore said, before admitting that he is, indeed, “getting called Florida man, too.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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