Woman possibly hospitalized by stingray

May 6, 2008 According to Miami-Dade authorities a female was injured with a puncture wound to her heel and has been taken to an area hospital for treatment. Fortunately for the victim, a witness to the injury was a physician who provided early medical attention.

In March, Judy Zagorski of Pigeon, Michigan was struck and killed by a ray that jumped out of the water in the Florida Keys and hit her face, breaking her skull in several places and causing brain injuries.

In 2006, a South Florida man was critically injured when a stingray flopped into his boat and stung him.

"Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin was killed when a stingray's barb pierced his heart off Australia's Great Barrier Reef.