Teen dives onto shark and gets bitten during Florida lifeguard training

A teen successful Florida suffered unspeakable luck connected Monday erstwhile he dove into nan h2o astatine Ponce Inlet and landed connected apical of a shark, which spot his limb and caused injury.

The 14-year-old boy, who has not been publically identified, dove into nan h2o astir 11:15 a.m. section clip while participating successful a junior lifeguard camp adjacent New Smyrna Beach, Volusia County Beach Safety told nan section news position WKMG.

He allegedly landed connected apical of a blacktip shark measuring betwixt 4 and 5 metres successful length.

The shark spot nan boy’s calf and drew blood. The teen was treated astatine nan segment and was brought to infirmary pinch non-life-threatening injuries.

CBS News reported nan teen had been practicing water entries for lifeguard certification astatine nan clip of nan incident.

He is expected to make a afloat recovery.

This is nan 3rd clip personification adjacent New Smyrna Beach Jetty has been bitten by a shark successful nan past 7 days.

On Thursday, a 21-year-old unnamed Ohio man was hospitalized aft his ft was bitten by a shark while reportedly playing shot successful “knee-deep water” astatine New Smyrna Beach. The wounded was not life-threatening.

The adjacent day, a 26-year-old Florida native’s ft was besides bitten by a shark astatine New Smyrna Beach while wading successful an soul tube. The wounded was not life-threatening, and nan man was brought to infirmary for treatment.

It is unclear if nan aforesaid shark spot each 3 victims, aliases if it was nan aforesaid type of shark.

According to nan Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FFWCC), sharks are commonly recovered successful beaches and waterways successful nan authorities and are most progressive done April to October.

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The authority said while location is nary guaranteed measurement to debar shark bites, swimmers are encouraged to stay alert of their surroundings and enactment vigilant for sharks that whitethorn aquatics nearby.

Shark bites stay very rare, nan committee reported. In fact, personification is 30 times much apt to beryllium struck by lightning successful Florida than they are to beryllium bitten by a shark successful nan state.

“Experts work together that nan summation successful nan number of shark bites successful caller years is much related to an summation successful quality visitors than to an summation successful shark populations aliases activity,” nan FFWCC wrote.