The Latest: Shark off Big Island bites tourist’s thigh
WAIKOLOA VILLAGE, Hawaii (AP) — The Latest on a woman being bitten by a shark in Hawaii (all times local):
12:30 p.m.
Hawaii firefighters say a shark bit a tourist in her right thigh and she is in stable condition.
Fire officials on the Big Island say bystanders brought the woman to shore Tuesday on a kayak with a 1-foot-wide (30-centimeters-wide) bite.
The California woman says she doesn’t remember what happened before being bitten.
A helicopter took the woman to a hospital. A helicopter search didn’t find a shark.
Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources spokesman Dan Dennison says a 5-foot (1.5-meter) black tip reef shark bit the 65-year-old woman.
The attack occurred off the coast near Anaehoomalu Bay, near Waikoloa, a popular tourist area. Nearby beaches were closed until further notice.
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11 a.m.
Officials say a shark bit a California woman near Hawaii’s Big Island and she was airlifted to a hospital.
Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources spokesman Dan Dennison says the 65-year-old woman was bitten Tuesday by a 5-foot (1.5-meter) black tip reef shark.
No further details were available on the extent of her injuries.
The attack occurred off the coast near Anaehoomalu Bay, near Waikoloa, a popular tourist area on the west side of the Big Island. Nearby beaches were closed until further notice.
