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A young woman is fighting for her life after being mauled by a shark in Sydney Harbour.
Emergency services rushed to Billyard Avenue in Elizabeth Bay at around 7.45pm on Monday to find the woman, who is in her 20s or early 30s, with a severe bite to her leg and suffering ‘major blood loss’.
‘She had serious bleeding. Her injuries are severe,’ a NSW Ambulance spokesman told Daily Mail Australia.
A helicopter and multiple medical units attended the scene.
It is understood that a passerby who is a vet applied a tourniquet to stem the bleeding from the woman’s leg and may have saved her life.
A young woman (pictured on the stretcher) has been mauled by a shark in Sydney Harbour
Emergency services rushed to Elizabeth Bay at around 7.45pm on Monday to find the woman with a severe bite to her leg and suffering ‘major blood loss’. A blood-stained boardwalk is pictured at the scene
The woman was taken by ambulance to St Vincent’s hospital after being treated by a doctor at the scene and remains in a critical condition.
A NSW Police spokesperson said the woman was swimming when she was bitten in the right leg, suffering severe lacerations.
‘Police have been told she was swimming off the wharf at the time. Marine Area Command are patrolling the area as a precaution,’ the spokesperson said.
In February 2022, British man Simon Nellist was killed by 4.5metre great white shark off Little Bay in Sydney’s south-east.
He was the first confirmed fatal victim in Sydney in 60 years.
More to come.
Emergency services personnel are pictured carrying the woman on a stetcher
Emergency services officers and an ambulance are pictured
The emergency personnel are pictured carrying the injured woman on a stretcher
A tourniquet was applied to try to stem the bleeding from the woman’s leg
The woman was taken to St Vincent’s hospital after being treated by a doctor and remains in a critical condition
