Man, 23, suffers ‘apparent shark bite’ to arm on North Shore
A 23-year-old man was taken to a hospital in serious condition Saturday after being bitten by a shark on Oahu’s North Shore, Honolulu Emergency Medical Services officials said.
EMS said personnel responded at about 1:40 p.m. to Haleiwa Boat Harbor and treated the man who had an arm injury from “an apparent shark bite.”
“EMS administered advanced life support and transported him to an emergency room,” officials said.
According to the state Department of Land and Natural Resources, it was the first shark-bite incident in Hawaiian waters of the new year.
There were five such incidents last year, including the June 23 shark attack at Malaekahana that killed well-known Oahu North Shore lifeguard, surfer and actor Tamayo Perry.
The other incidents occurred in the waters off Waikiki, Haleiwa and Kualoa Beach on Oahu, and off Waiehu, Maui
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