A leaping dolphin has knocked a woman unconscious in Florida

Published Thursday October 9th, 2008

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

EDGEWATER, Fla. - A woman was hospitalized in Florida after a dolphin leaped aboard the boat she was in, knocking her unconscious.

The Coast Guard says witnesses called 911 after seeing the dolphin jump from the Intracoastal Waterway and hit Barbara Howard of Mansfield, Ohio. Howard was sitting in a small boat with her husband, their daughter and her daughter's boyfriend.

The Howards say the dolphin jumped about two metres high and landed on the bow.

They say it slid in their laps and its thrashing tail knocked them to the deck. Their daughter's boyfriend rolled the dolphin back into the water.

Barbara Howard regained consciousness before the Coast Guard reached her at a boat ramp.

She was hospitalized in stable condition.

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