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The American tourist killed by a shark attack in the Bahamas on Monday has been identified as 44-year-old Lauren Erickson Van Wart of Lowell, Massachusetts.
Tributes have been paid to a "beloved" newly-wed killed in a shark attack while paddle-boarding on the first day of her honeymoon.
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Authorities have officially identified the Massachusetts woman who died in a shark attack off the coast of the Bahamas on Monday as Lauren Erickson Van Wart.
A University of Pittsburgh alumna was attacked and killed by a shark while vacationing with her husband in the Bahamas. Lauren Erickson Van Wart, a 44-year-old Boston resident, was paddleboarding with her husband on Monday when she was bitten by a shark, according to Royal Bahamas Police Sgt. Desiree Ferguson.
The American tourist killed by a shark attack in the Bahamas on Monday has been identified as 44-year-old Lauren Erickson Van Wart of Lowell, Massachusetts.