Woman dies after ray strikes her

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A woman on a boat died after a spotted eagle ray leaped from the water off the Florida Keys Thursday and struck her. The force of the blow pushed the woman backward and she died when she hit her head on the boat deck, officials said. Jorge Pino of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said "The chances of this occurring are so remote that most of us are completely astonished that this happened. It's just as freakish of an accident as I have heard," The commission identified the woman as Judy Kay Zagorski, 57, of Pigeon, Michigan. The woman was seated or standing in the front of the boat as her husband piloted the vessel at about 25 mph out of a channel, Pino said. "The ray just actually popped up in front of the vessel," he said. "He had not even a second to react. It was too late. It happened instantly and the woman fell backwards and, unfortunately, died as a result of the collision."
The accident happened just off the coast of Marathon, about an hour's drive south of Miami. The spotted-eagle ray weighed about 75 to 80 pounds and had a six-foot wingspan. Florida Fish and Wildlife said eagle rays "are not an aggressive species, but they do tend to leap from the water." Spotted eagle rays can have a wingspan of up to 10 feet and can weigh 500 pounds.

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I saw that on the news
It kind of reminds me of that guy that was on the Discovery Channel and died by a sting ray, we need to keep in mind that we are on their nature habitat when we go in or near water, you just never know what might happen.