Body cameras later showed the chaos as Rivas thrashed against the animal’s jaws, its teeth tearing into his arms before he somehow wrenched himself free and staggered deeper into the swamp. Bleeding and still running, he didn’t realize a police drone was tracking every step from above, guiding deputies straight to him. Pulled from the water and rushed to a hospital, he survived with non‑life‑threatening wounds—and a stack of charges that outlasted his luck.
Wild video shows alleged drunk driver run from cops and right into the jaws of an alligator