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Sturgeon collision injures Bell woman
June 11, 2007
Contact: Karen Parker (386) 758-0525
A jumping sturgeon injured a woman Sunday while
she was riding in a boat on the Suwannee River near Rock Bluff.
Tara Spears, 32, of Bell, was a passenger in an
18-foot, 1983 Checkmate vessel, according to Florida Fish and
Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) officials. The boat was
just north of Rock Bluff by the County Road 340 bridge,
traveling at a moderate rate of speed. The jumping sturgeon
collided with her, knocking her unconscious.
Spears was transported to North Florida Regional
Medical Center in Gainesville by Gilchrist County emergency
medical services with non-life-threatening injuries, FWC
officials said.
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