Man Killed by Duck

[LongBarrel]

Man Dies When Duck Knocks Him Off Watercraft

Updated: Tue, Nov 20 8:30 AM EST

DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla. (Reuters) - A Florida man died after a duck hit him in the head, knocking him off a personal watercraft and into a lake, sheriff's officials said on Monday.

Leon Resnick, 31, was driving the watercraft at a lake in the Fort Lauderdale suburb of Deerfield Beach on Thursday, while a friend watched from shore, the Broward County Sheriff's Office said in a news release.

The friend turned to get a radar gun to check the vessel's speed, then noticed Resnick was missing from the craft. He found him several minutes later in the water, pulled him ashore and attempted to revive him, the sheriff's office said.

"Investigators from the BSO Marine Unit believe the victim was knocked from the personal watercraft by a duck, which struck Resnick in the face as he sped the watercraft along the lake," the news release said.

Resnick was taken to a hospital and pronounced dead. The medical examiner listed the cause of death as blunt trauma to the head and drowning.

The duck's carcass was recovered and turned over to investigators.

Both men worked at a company that sold personalized watercraft. Resnick was traveling about 55 mph when the accident occurred, the sheriff's office said.


FROM: EXCITE NEWS

And you can't even see a duck around here...Go Figure!

[peewee]

All the more reason we should get those 9 extra hunting days, you see its becoming a safety issue now. [img]images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img]

[Welldoggie]

maybe that boy was testing the proto-type jetski powered robo-duck decoy....and that duck just couldn't resist.

wonder if the sheriff found broken kite-size wings floating near the accident site?

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[gyver]

just before impact the voice recorder on the camcorder caught his last words."hey bubba, watch this **** !!!" [img]images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img]