LAKE JESUP

A 13-year-old boy was bitten by alligator in a Winter Springs creek on Tuesday, according to fire officials and a 911 call from the boy.

A boat went out of control on Lake Jesup after a man fell overboard Tuesday, according to the Seminole County Fire Department.

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An Orlando man was killed early Sunday when they were ejected from a car that had been rear-ended by a semitruck and had struck a wall on the Lake Jessup Bridge, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

The Florida Department of Health in Seminole County has extended a health alert at Lake Jesup prompted by toxins from a blue-green algae bloom.

Blue-green algae blooms continue to pop up in Central Florida waterways.

SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. – A missing boater was found dead Sunday in Lake Jesup, according to authorities. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission first got word of the missing boater on Wednesday afternoon. The FWC and Seminole County Sheriff’s Office had several boats search the water for the man and later extended its search with helicopters. Search found the man’s body around 7 a.m. Sunday. The man’s name has not yet been released.

Officials said a kayaker might be missing in Lake Jesup. OVIEDO, Fla. – A 47-year-old Geneva man died after his airboat went airborne and overturned Sunday on Lake Jesup in Seminole County, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said. | Pilot killed in Fla. gyroscope crash]Wildlife officers said a witness was driving north on the S.R 417 bridge and saw a 12-foot airboat go airborne. The witness called over another boat, and the victim was found near the overturned airboat, officials said. The good Samaritans took the man to the Lake Jessup boat ramp in Sanford, where Jelkren was pronounced dead.

SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. – A Seminole County man bitten by an alligator said his training as a paramedic helped him think quickly during the attack. “We saw the big gator laying up in the middle of the canal,” said Kieffer. Kieffer said that he and another person on the boat work as paramedics for the City of Tavares Fire Department. “Unfortunately, since we were so shallow, he was able to push off the bottom and launch himself into the boat and that’s where he got a hold of my arm,” Kieffer said. Kieffer said doctors believe they can save his arm as he’s regained feeling in his fingers.