Man bitten by alligator, seriously injured: Officials

A man said he was attacked by an alligator after falling off his bike in Florida on Monday.

A man was attacked by an alligator in Florida on Monday, suffering serious injuries, according to authorities. The man fell off his bike at Halpatiokee Regional Park in Stuart and landed very close to a large female gator who was near her nest, the Martin County Sheriff's Office said. The alligator bit the biker before he was pulled out of the water by a bystander around 11:15 a.m., according to the sheriff's office. First responders went to the scene and loaded the victim into a helicopter to take him to a hospital.