Woman IMPALED by stingray on Florida beach

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A Florida woman had a brush with death reminiscent to famed Australian Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin after a stingray impaled her back on a Tampa beach.

Kristie O'Brien was visiting Ruskin's Bahia Beach with her husband Thomas when she was impaled by a stingray.

Emergency responders were able to free her from the ray and trauma specialists at a Tampa hospital removed the barb and treated her for the ray's toxins. The travel nurse will remain in hospital for a week due to the risk of infection

 

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