WAILUKU, Hawaii (AP)– A shark little bit a Maui net surfer Friday and lower his leg, authorities said.
The male, 61, was browsing off Waiehu Beach Park Friday early morning when a shark little bit him. Police cops that confirmed as much as the scene initially tried to manage the blood loss with tourniquets. His greatest leg was “completely severed just below the knee,” Maui County said in a press launch.
The male appeared out whereas being handled ashore and afterwards required to Maui Memorial Medical Center terminally ailing.
The male said he didn’t see the shark approach, authorities reported.
The occasion motivated authorities to close the shoreline park. Officials alerted people to keep away from of the water within the location. The public advising to keep away from of the water for a mile in every directions of the occasion will definitely maintain up till on the very least middaySaturday The warning will definitely be expanded if there’s a shark discovery within the location.
Maui hearth and sea safety authorities had been patrolling the waters making use of rescue boat and a drone. State authorities supplied shark indication and aided with cordoning off the placement.
There had been no info provided on what sort of shark was entailed.
In June, extensively identified net surfer Tamayo Perry was eradicated in a shark strike whereas browsing off Oahu’s North Shore.
