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Girl killed by jumping fish in Florida

A LEAPING sturgeon has struck and killed a five-year-old girl in a boat on Florida's Suwanne River.

A FIVE-YEAR-OLD Florida girl riding in a boat has died after a sturgeon leapt from the Suwannee River and struck her.

WILDLIFE officials said Jaylon Rippy died after being struck on Thursday night. Her mother and nine-year-old brother were also injured and taken to a Gainesville hospital. Their condition was not known.

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