Florida pedestrian seriously injured when kayak falls off vehicle

A Florida man was seriously injured when a kayak fell from a vehicle and struck him as he walked along a Pensacola road Saturday night, the Florida Highway Patrol said in a news release.

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Marshall Fundaburk, 28, was walking east on the paved shoulder of Lillian Highway and walking against traffic, the Pensacola News Journal reported. A kayak fell from a vehicle that also was traveling east.

The kayak hit the shoulder before striking Fundaburk, the News Journal reported.

The vehicle did not stop, the Florida Highway Patrol reported.

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