WAIEHU, Hawaii (KHON2) — A 61-year-old man from Wailuku was hospitalized after suffering injuries from an apparent shark attack.
Maui officials said the early morning incident happened shortly after 7 a.m. in the waters off Waiehu Beach Park.
Officers were responding to a miscellaneous accident when they located the man onshore who was alert and conscious.
He alerted officers he had suffered the shark bite while surfing and was able to swim back to shore with the help of other surfers.
According to Maui officials, “officers applied a tourniquet to the injured area before medics and fire personnel arrived.”
The man was later transported to Maui Memorial Medical Center in critical condition for further treatment.
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The Department of Land and Natural Resources closed the area around 7:42 a.m.