Surfer dies after being bitten by shark in Australia
By Eoin McSweeney, CNN
Updated 7:48 AM ET, Tue May 18, 2021
A beach closed sign in Tuncurry, Australia Tuesday after a surfer was killed by a shark. (CNN)A surfer has died after a suspected shark attack at a popular beach in New South Wales (NSW), Australia.
The man in his 50s suffered critical injuries to his upper thigh while surfing Tuesday morning, according to NSW Police.
Emergency services were called to Tuncurry Beach, Forster, around 300 kilometers (186 miles) north of Sydney, at about 11.20 a.m. local time (9.20 p.m. Monday ET), police said.
Police have found a man missing from the state's Mid North Coast. The 57-year-old man was last seen leaving a home on Juhles Mountain Road at Moorland,.
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Man killed in shark attack while surfing on Australia coast
Man killed in shark attack while surfing on Australia coast
Replay Video UP NEXT A man has been killed in a shark attack while he was surfing off the coast of Australia on Tuesday morning. The incident occurred at approximately 11:20 a.m. on Tuesday morning when emergency services were called to Tuncurry Beach in New South Wales to reports of a man suffering from injuries sustained in a suspected shark attack, according to the New South Wales Police. The victim, a man believed to be in his 50’s, had been surfing Tuesday morning when he was attacked and suffered critical injuries to his upper right thigh during the incident.
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The man was bitten by a shark at Tuncurry Beach, NSW. Photo / Channel 9
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By: Erin Lyons and Angie Raphael
A retired paramedic was among the bystanders who rushed to save a man who was mauled by a suspected 4.5m white shark on the NSW mid-north coast, but the victim tragically died at the scene.
The man, aged in his 50s, was bitten on the upper right thigh while surfing just after 11am on Tuesday at Tuncurry Beach, near Forster, north of Newcastle.