Surfer killed in shark attack on Australiaâs east coast By Syndicated Content
May 17, 2021 | 10:44 PM
SYDNEY (Reuters) â A man has been killed in a suspected shark attack on Tuesday off a popular beach on the mid-north coast of Australiaâs New South Wales (NSW) state, rescuers and police said.
Emergency services were called to Tuncurry beach, more than 300 kms (186 miles) north of Sydney, after reports of the shark attack, NSW police said in a statement.
The man, believed to be in his 50s, suffered critical injuries to his upper right thigh after being attacked while surfing.
âDespite the best efforts of paramedics and bystanders at the scene, the man could not be resuscitated,â NSW Ambulance said in a tweet.
A heroic beachgoer has opened up on a surfer s tragic last moments after he found the man in a pool of blood in the ocean following a shark attack on the New South Wales mid-north coast.
The surfer, 59, believed to be from Sydney s Northern Beaches, was bitten on his upper right thigh at Tuncurry Beach near Forster at 11.20am on Tuesday.
He was pulled from the water and paramedics performed CPR at the scene, before transporting him to a local dog park with the intention of airlifting him to John Hunter Hospital. He died at 12.40pm before he could be taken to hospital.
A surfer has been killed by a shark on Tuesday off the Australian east coast.
The man, aged in his 50s, had been surfing off Forster, 137 miles north of Sydney, when he was attacked late in the morning, a police statement said.
Onlookers pulled the man from the water suffering critical injuries to his upper right thigh, police said.
The Ambulance Service said the man could not be resuscitated despite the best efforts of paramedics and bystanders at the scene.
Forster’s beaches have been closed.
People walk along a beach in Tuncurry, Australia (Australian Broadcasting Corporation via AP)
Police said they were working with government authorities to identify the species of shark.
A surfer has been killed by a shark on Tuesday off the Australian east coast.
The man, aged in his 50s, had been surfing off Forster, 137 miles north of Sydney, when he was attacked late in the morning, a police statement said.
Onlookers pulled the man from the water suffering critical injuries to his upper right thigh, police said.
The Ambulance Service said the man could not be resuscitated despite the best efforts of paramedics and bystanders at the scene.
Forster’s beaches have been closed.
People walk along a beach in Tuncurry, Australia (Australian Broadcasting Corporation via AP)
Police said they were working with government authorities to identify the species of shark.