3/20/2008
Leaping stingray kills sunbathing woman on boat
MARATHON, Fla. - Officials say a woman died in the Florida Keys after a stingray jumped out of the water and struck her upper body.
The spotted eagle ray had hit the 55-year-old woman while she was in a boat today. Officials say she was hit in the face or neck.
It’s not clear whether the animal’s barb struck the Michigan woman, or if the impact killed her.
This could have been a really big animal; these rays can be 17 feet long and up to 500 pounds. Still, it reminds me of that Aussie guy Steve Irwin- in that other fatal freak accident with a stingray.
