Shark Bites Lifeguard In Volusia County
18-Year-Old Treated At Medical Center
POSTED: 10:14 a.m. EDT October 4, 2002
UPDATED: 10:28 a.m. EDT October 4, 2002
NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. -- A Volusia County, Fla., lifeguard was attacked by a shark while surfing on his day off, according to Local 6 News.
Shane Kehoe, 18, was surfing Thursday afternoon when a shark bit his left hand.
Kehoe was able to get away from the shark and drove himself to the hospital He was treated and released from the Halifax Urgent Care Center in Port Orange, Fla., according to Local 6 News.
Kehoe is the 14th person to be bitten by a shark this year.
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