QLD: Teen survives shark bite

AAP General News (Australia)
12-20-2009
QLD: Teen survives shark bite

BRISBANE, Dec 20 AAP - A teenage boy has been bitten by a shark while diving in waters
off central Queensland.

The Department of Community Safety told AAP the 19-year-old was diving on Lamont Reef
off Heron Island when he was bitten on the forearm about 7.45am (AEDT) on Sunday.

He was taken to Heron Island in a dinghy and flown to the Royal Brisbane Hospital.

He is in a stable condition.

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KEYWORD: SHARK

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