A 56-year-old lady from Minnesota died after an obvious shark assault within the U.S. Virgin Islands on Thursday, officers stated, marking the second deadly shark assault in lower than a month.
Emergency companies obtained a number of calls round 4:28 p.m. reporting a girl was suspected of being bitten by a shark whereas swimming at Dorsch Seaside in St. Croix, Virgin Islands police stated in a press release.
Fireplace and emergency medical personnel arrived on the seaside and confirmed that the lady misplaced an arm throughout the assault.
It was initially believed that there was a potential second sufferer; nevertheless, St. Croix Rescue searched the seaside and didn’t discover anybody else injured.
Police stated the lady, recognized as Arlene Lillis of Minnesota, died from her accidents.
“Our hearts are with the household and family members of the sufferer, and with everybody who witnessed this tragedy,” Virgin Islands Gov. Albert Bryan, Jr. stated in a assertion. “We’ve been briefed on the knowledge recognized at the moment, and we’re grateful to the bystanders who acted instantly to render support and to the primary responders who labored urgently and bravely in an effort to avoid wasting her life.”
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It was not instantly clear what sort of shark attacked Lillis. In response to USVI Shark Diving, the sharks that roam the waters across the U.S. Virgin Islands embody Caribbean reef sharks, hammerheads, lemon sharks, blacktip sharks, nurse sharks and tiger sharks.
The assault is beneath investigation, police stated.
That is the second confirmed deadly shark assault in lower than a month. Authorities in California confirmed final week that 55-year-old Erica Fox died from a shark assault. She went lacking in Monterey Bay final month. The coroner decided Fox died from “sharp and blunt pressure accidents and submersion in water as a consequence of a shark assault.”
Final August, a 63-year-old American vacationer was critically injured after he was attacked by a shark whereas spearfishing within the Bahamas.
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