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Woman killed by flesh-eating bacteria contracted on Florida beach

The family of a Florida woman who died after being infected by a flesh-eating bacteria at the beach is sounding the alarm. Lynn Fleming died late last week at the age of 77 after walking along a popular Gulf of Mexico beach near her home and contracting necrotizing fasciitis, a rare but deadly bacterial infection that kills the body's soft tissue. Jericka Duncan reports.
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