Woman attacked by crocodile in WA’s north

She was flown to the Royal Darwin Hospital in neighbouring Northern Territory in a stable condition, and underwent surgery late Wednesday, St John Ambulance NT operations manager Craig Garraway said.

Government official Peter Carstairs said on Thursday the woman was attacked Wednesday afternoon on a creek bank on the edge of the town of Wyndham in Western Australia state.

A crocodile has bitten off most of a woman’s arm after attacking her and performing a “death roll”.

Mr Snowball said it was the first time he had heard about a crocodile attack at the creek, where children swam.

“Apparently she was sitting beside the creek and the croc came out and grabbed her and took her arm off”, local Mike Snowball told AAP on Thursday.

‘He just wrapped something around her arm straight away and chucked her in his truck and headed straight to hospital, ‘ he said.

The 55-year-old cafe owner said he was not aware of an attack this severe in the town in recent memory, but there had been several close calls.

Reports suggest the woman was a Kimberly resident.

Wildlife officers are trying to find and kill a crocodile which bit off an elderly woman’s hand in Western Australia’s far north.

If they are unsuccessful the wildlife workers will lay traps to capture the crocodile.

A Department of Parks and Wildlife spokeswoman said the crocodile could not be found, but is believed to be of the salt water variety, which can grow up to seven metres long. They are responsible for the deaths of two people per year on average in Australia.