Florida Man Dies After Hitting 11-Foot Alligator On Roadway



Authorities say John Hopkins was killed after hitting an 11-foot alligator while driving on a country road in Lithia, Florida. WFLA’s Allyson Henning reports.

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23 comments

  1. Fasten your seat belt and slow down. If you have air bags, you should survive an accident like this.

  2. This is tragic for the deceased man's family. Rest in peace sir.

  3. Rest in peace brother john!!! πŸ˜­πŸ™πŸ’”

  4. Thank you, "Lester Holt."🌹RIP

  5. I could never ever live in Florida between the corrupt politicians the horrible heat and humidity the insects snakes and Crocs

  6. Alert !! Supreme Court and DOJ may be compromised!

    "This is a fight of good versus evil. Evil always looks like the victor until the King of Kings triumphs. Do not grow weary in well doing. The fight continues. MEADOWS TEXT TO THOMAS

    …Putin = Trump
    Trumpism is a support for Putin. Wake up and Lock Trump up and support freedom.

    Stop The Steal – Don't let Trumps steal our Democracy and make us like Russia!
    Democracy will FAIL if Trump doesn't get indicted!

    DOJ Garland has promised to hold Trump insurrectionist accountable, but he has not.

    NY DA Bragg is probably corrupt because he wont arrest trump for crimes braggs office has well documented.

    Our government is infiltrated at all levels with Trumpist.

    no major arrest for seditious conspiracy leaders. The disgraced former president Trump, Trumps chief of staff, and a gang of congressional members in the House and Senate continue to conspired to undermine American democracy.

    we want accountability for the following –

    1. meadows doesnt appear in front of commission that is contempt of congress… doj wont arrest him is unethical. he didn't appear, what more evidence is needed? ……DOJ Failed
    mark meadows says he lived in a n. Carolina mobile home he has never lived in. what would a multimillionaire be doing living in a mobile home…..what a cheat, but he is being investigated for this voter fraud crime.

    2. "hang mike pence"…criminal threat……DOJ Failed
    3. offering pardons… witness tampering……DOJ Failed
    4. inciting violence Jan 6 ……DOJ Failed

    5. ToiletGate – trump destroyed government documents and took secret documents home after losing his job! see presidential records act for details of the law he violated.

    6. interfering with elections……DOJ Failed
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    virgina thomas, wife of supreme court justice Clarence Thomas is an insurrectionist too. it was discovered that she was pushing for the election overthrow. Ginni Thomas, the conservative activist who’s married to Supreme Court justice Clarence Thomas, repeatedly pressed Trump’s White House chief of staff to pursue efforts to overturn the 2020 election

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  7. Do they not teach about this hazard in FLA driving classes?

  8. Is the alligator ok though?

  9. MAN THAT S*** DON'T SOUND RIGHT

  10. R.I.P. Mr. Alligator. My prayers and condolences go out to his hatchlings during this difficult time.

  11. Can anyone let us know what happened to the alligator?

  12. Florida has so many alligators,and big crocodiles,they seas and rivers are still wild.

  13. I'm sorry for your loss prayers go out to him πŸ™ and for his family.

  14. Desantis is failing this state

  15. John Hopkins gets a remembrance, can we get the gator one too

  16. I don't know? R U sure he didn't try eating it? Where's the gator? If he hit it ,I have my doubts it would survive!

  17. typical Msnbc, nothing on the condition of the gator !! CIA must have censored it as it was the first drone gator with a RT logo on it.

  18. 0:14 Sounds like sis needs to layoff the sauce Abit!! Lol… RIP

  19. Crazy alligators like the Florida people

  20. Time to sanction alligators.

  21. πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚

  22. Nobody bothers to mention if the alligator was ok. Selfish humans…always putting themsevles and their species on an undeserved pedistool of "greater importance."