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March 20, 2012
Billy O'Leary
Nobbys Beach, Gold Coast, Australia
Billy O'Leary, 20, was surfing at Nobbys beach on the Gold Coast with his best friend Tyson Kolkka. O'Leary attempted a trick known as a "floater" but when he fell he landed on a large shark. The shark turned and bit O'Leary on the back of his left leg. Noel Kolkka, Tyson's father saw a comotion down on the beach and came to see what had happened:
"I just ran down the beach and I saw Billy lying on the sand. The lifeguards had got to him fairly quickly and were binding up all of his wounds and stopping the blood flow."
O'Leary sustained two significant lacerations to his leg. See a picture of his injury here.
Warren Young, chief lifeguard, said the suspect shark was probably a bull shark, lured in by baitfish and murky water.
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www.news.com.au
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