An alligator killed a Florida woman after tipping over a canoe she and her husband were paddling, investigators said.

An alligator attacked and killed a woman who was canoeing with her husband on a central Florida lake Tuesday afternoon after her spouse tried to fight off the predator but was unsuccessful.

Image via Shutterstock In a tragic turn of events, an alligator has snatched a woman out of her canoe and mauled her to death. All of this happened in front of her horrified but helpless husband. The two had been canoeing on a lake in Florida.