An Ohio woman is recovering after being struck by a leaping dolphin along the Atlantic coast of central Florida.
The Coast Guard says witnesses called 911 Thursday morning after seeing the dolphin jump out of the Intracoastal Waterway and hit Barbara Howard of Mansfield, Ohio. Howard was sitting in the 18-foot boat with her husband, their daughter and their daughter's boyfriend.
The Howards estimate the dolphin was at least 8 feet long and had jumped about 6 feet in the air onto the bow of the boat. They say it slid in their laps and its thrashing tail knocked them down. Their daughter's boyfriend rolled the dolphin back into the water.
The Howards were treated at a hospital for cuts and bruises.
