At the weekend a tourist from California died after attacks by sharks in Hawaii.
This is the sixth shark attack in Hawaii since the beginning of the year.
According to officials, early morning on Saturday, may 25, 65-year-old wounded male shark was spotted about 60 yards from the shore near the resort, Kaanapali Shores on Maui.
Rescuers rushed the victim to the jet ski and performed CPR, but the man, according to eyewitnesses, left leg, and due to severe bleeding life Californian could not be saved. The name of the deceased is not yet released, confirmed only age.
«He was unconscious, — said the eyewitness Allison Keller the newspaper «Hawaii News Now». When we got closer, I saw blood on his stomach, and then noticed that he had no left leg below the knee».
According to preliminary information, in the Islands a man vacationing with his wife.
The division of water resources of Hawaii, which monitors shark attacks, told that it was the sixth victim of the marine predators since the beginning of the year (for comparison, all of 2018-th year on the Islands there were only three shark attacks).
The last fatal shark attacks in Hawaii occurred in April of 2015, also on Maui.
It is unknown what kind of shark attacked a tourist, but most often in the area recorded attacks tiger sharks.
«It is an island state, and there is always the risk of «collision» of human and sea creatures, and it is important to always remember this,» — said the official representative of the Department of conservation of the state of Hawaii Jason Redulla.
