A swimmer in California was attacked by a shark Wednesday and suffered what police described as important accidents.
The assault occurred at round 10:35 a.m. off Lovers Level Seaside in Pacific Grove, a metropolis of round 15,000 in Monterey County, south of San Jose, police mentioned.
Police mentioned in a press release that different swimmers jumped in to assist the person.
Officers launched an aerial drone to seek for the shark, however it has not been noticed. All seashores in Pacific Grove can be closed till Saturday as a precaution, the police division mentioned.
Pacific Grove Metropolis Council member Joe Amelia instructed NBC affiliate KSBW of Salinas that the person was a surfer and that he suffered critical accidents to his abdomen and a leg.
Shark assaults on people in California are uncommon, in response to the state Division of Fish and Wildlife.
It’s the second case of an damage from a shark in California this yr, division spokesperson Kirsten Macintyre mentioned. The primary was at San Miguel Island in February, when a diver suffered a minor damage to a foot.
There have been 203 encounters between people and sharks in California since 1950, and Wednesday’s incident was the 109th wherein an individual was injured, she mentioned.
Within the 2020s, two individuals have died and 6 others have suffered nonfatal accidents in encounters with sharks in California, in response to the Fish and Wildlife Division’s web site.
Wednesday’s assault was the second recorded incident with a shark at Lovers Level. The primary was in 1952, and the sufferer died, Macintyre mentioned.
DNA checks will affirm what sort of shark was concerned in Wednesday’s incident, she mentioned.
