Flying stingray shattered victim's skull in 'freak' accident

A woman who was killed when a stingray jumped out of the water in the Florida Keys and hit her face died of skull fractures and brain injuries, not from the animal’s poisonous barb, a medical examiner said today.

Judy Kay Zagorski, 57, of Pigeon, Michigan, was in the front of a boat going 40kph yesterday when a 34kg spotted eagle ray leapt from the water and hit her in a freak collision.