20-08-2019 22:58 via kvoa.com

Swimmer bit twice by shark in waters off Hawaii’s Big Island

KEALAKEKUA, Hawaii (AP) — Hawaii authorities say that a woman was bitten twice by a 6-foot (1.8-meter) shark while swimming in a Big Island bay.
Hawaii County Fire Department Battalion Chief William Bergin says the shark bit one of the woman’s legs and her torso on Tuesday in Kealakekua (kay-ah-lah-kay-koo-ah) Bay on the island’s western side.
He says the 26-year-old woman was in serious condition at a hospital. She was not identified.
Bergin says the shark may be a black tip r
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