Five-year-old killed by leaping sturgeon on Suwannee River

Posted on July 8, 2015

A 5-year-old girl was killed and her mother and brother were injured by a leaping sturgeon while boating with their family on the Suwannee River. The encounter happened Thursday evening at 8:47 p.m.

Jaylon Rippy from Trenton died after a sturgeon struck her and her family near Fanning Springs by Joe Anderson boat ramp. Her mother, Tanya Faye Rippy and her 9-year-old brother Trevor Rippy, both from Trenton, were also injured.

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