Tourist From Spain Attacked By Shark
Man Bitten On Foot In Waters Off Ponce Inlet
POSTED: Monday, August 10, 2009
UPDATED: 7:55 am EDT August 11, 2009
PONCE INLET, Fla. -- A 26-year-old tourist from Spain was attacked and bitten by a shark Monday in the waters off Volusia County.
According to the Volusia County Beach Patrol, the man was swimming in the ocean in Ponce Inlet near Atlantic Avenue at about 7 p.m. when he was bitten on the foot.
The man was treated at the beach and did not go to the hospital.
The incident marks the seventh shark bite in Volusia County this year.
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