A PADDLE boarder was attacked and killed by a shark while in the Bahamas.
The woman who was visiting from Boston, New York, suffered serious injuries from the deadly attack that occurred near the Sandals resort in western New Providence.
The woman was pronounced dead on the sceneReuters
The attack was first announced by the Royal Bahamas Police Force.
The woman’s name has not been released yet but she is believed to have been in her 40s.
Life-saving procedures were done to try and keep the woman alive following the attack.
But injuries to the right side of her body were too severe, police said.
The woman was pronounced dead on the scene, per police.
“CPR was administered to the victim. However, she suffered serious injuries to the right side of her body, including the right hip region and also her right upper limb,” police said, Reuters reported.
The woman was with a male relative at the time of the attack and both of them were rescued by a lifeguard on a boat rescue.
They were about three-quarters of a mile away from the shore when she was bitten by the shark, police said.
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