SANFORD, Fla. -- A seaplane attempting to take off in an alligator-infested lake crashed when it clipped an alligator floating on top of the water, the pilot said.
Officials said the seaplane was one of two trying to take off from Lake Jesup in Seminole County on Thursday when it crashed.
The pilot, identified by officials as William Furr, suffered head injuries and a broken ankle and had to be rescued from the sinking plane by a boater.
After being pulled from the wreckage, Furr told emergency crews that his aircraft clipped an alligator.
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