1770 shark attack: Man ‘very seriously injured’ after shark savages swimmer’s leg at remote Queensland beach
A man has been “very seriously injured” in a suspected shark attack on a remote beach 130km north of Bundaberg in central Queensland.
Ambulance service paramedics were called to Beach 1770, halfway between Rockhampton and Hervey Bay, at 4pm on Friday after reports of an injured swimmer.
The man, aged in his 20s, is believed to have suffered serious bites to his leg during the attack and was taken en route to Bundaberg Hospital.
A man was “very seriously injured” in a suspected shark attack on a remote beach 130km north of Bundaberg in central Queensland (pictured is a great white shark, although the breed of shark involved in the attack is not yet known)
“Paramedics are currently treating one patient at the scene of a reported shark bite located on the beach off Sir Rafael Cilento Drive at 4:35pm,” Queensland Ambulance Service posted on social media this evening.
Another 21-year-old man was also attacked by a 1.8m shark near Clack Island on Cape York Peninsula in far north Queensland just eight days ago.
He was taken to Cairns Hospital in a stable condition with injuries to his right arm and shoulder.
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