Sting Ray Kills Sunbathing Woman in the Keys

This is a warning for my mother, who has a house in the Florida Keys, between Marathon and Key West: Sunbathing is bad for you!



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Leaping Eagle Ray Kills Woman In Rare Accident

A woman died in a freak accident in the Keys involving a sea creature on Thursday, but she wasn't even in the water when it occurred.

Jorge Pino, with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, said a woman was on a boat with her family off Marathon when an Eagle Ray jumped out of the water next to the vessel Thursday morning. The animal reportedly struck 55-year old Judy Kay Zagorski who fell backward and suffered a severe head trauma. . .

Read more (with more video) at: CBS4