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ABC News
9 hours ago
- Health
- ABC News
Teenage boy hospitalised after being bitten by shark at Cabarita Beach in NSW
A teenage boy has suffered serious injuries in a shark attack on the NSW Far North Coast on Sunday afternoon. Emergency services were called to Norris Headland at Cabarita Beach, located between Byron Bay and the Tweed, shortly before 4pm. The 16-year-old was bitten on his right arm and right leg, after being attacked while swimming, NSW Surf Lifesaving CEO Stephen Pearce told the ABC. "At this stage I'm unsure of the severity of injuries, but I'm told there were traumatic injuries to the right arm and right leg," he said. NSW Ambulance said he was being flown to a Gold Coast hospital in a serious but stable condition. A video on social media showed the boy being carried up the beach by surfers and other beachgoers. Bystanders tied a tourniquet to stop the bleeding before paramedics arrived at the scene, a NSW Ambulance spokesperson said. "I'm not sure whether he was with any other friends at the time of the incident, but by the time our lifeguards got there he had already had a tourniquet applied to those impacted limbs," Mr Pearce said. A jet ski was used to clear other surfers from the water. A second chopper patrolled the area but no shark activity was sighted. Mr Pearce said with whales migrating up and down the coast at this time of the year, there was always more shark activity around the place."Cabarita Beach is a beautiful, picturesque beach and unfortunately I think it might be a case of 'wrong time, wrong place' at this stage for the young fella," he said. He said the beach will remain closed until Monday, with a decision to be made then about when it will reopen. It is unknown what type of shark attacked the teen.
The Sun
12 hours ago
- The Sun
Teenage boy mauled by shark at popular beach as he's rushed to hospital with ‘serious' arm injuries
A TEENAGE boy has been mauled by a shark at a popular beach and rushed to hospital with "serious" arm injuries. Emergency services were called to reports of the attack at Cabarita Beach on New South Wales' north coast, Australia just before 4pm on Sunday. The teenage boy wasbadly bitten on the arm and has sustained serious injuries, said New South Wales Ambulance. He was airlifted to Gold Coast University by the Westpac Rescue Helicopter and remains in a serious but stable condition. It is not known what type of shark attacked the boy. 1
Yahoo
12 hours ago
- Yahoo
Teen injured in shark attack
A teenager has been bitten by a shark in an attack on NSW's north coast. The boy is being flown to hospital after being bitten at Cabarita Beach in the Tweed region on Sunday afternoon. Emergency services were called to the popular beach just before 4pm. NSW Ambulance said the teenage boy had been bitten on the arm and his injuries were described as serious. The Westpac Rescue Helicopter has been called in to airlift the boy to hospital. It is not known what type of shark attacked the boy. More to come.
News.com.au
13 hours ago
- News.com.au
Teen injured in shark attack at popular beach
A teenager has been bitten by a shark in an attack on NSW's north coast. The boy is being flown to hospital after being bitten at Cabarita Beach in the Tweed region on Sunday afternoon. Emergency services were called to the popular beach just before 4pm. NSW Ambulance said the teenage boy had been bitten on the arm and his injuries were described as serious. The Westpac Rescue Helicopter has been called in to airlift the boy to hospital. It is not known what type of shark attacked the boy.
