SYDNEY, Dec 28 (NNN-AAP) – A man died after a shark attack, off the Central Queensland coast in eastern Australia, local media reported, today.
The man, in his 40’s, died after suffering life-threatening injuries to his neck, in the shark bite incident, in waters off Yeppoon, the second in Central Queensland within the past month, according to Brisbane-based The Courier Mail daily newspaper.
A Queensland Police Service spokesman said, the man had been fishing with family members, when he was bitten by a shark. The incident occurred about 4:37 p.m. this afternoon.
The man suffered life-threatening injuries and succumbed to those injuries just before 6.00 p.m., the police spokesman said.
There have been at least four other shark attacks in Australian waters so far this year, the newspaper reported, quoting the Australian Shark-Incident Database.– NNN-AAP
