Shark tears surfer to pieces at Margs near Busselton WA

Surfer killed in shark attack off Western Australia

By STAFF REPORTER

 Last Updated: 12 Jan 2011
 
Nicholas eventually died on the way to hospital this morning.
Local surfer Eddie Kilgallon, 42, was about 200m away from the attack at South Point in Cowaramup Bay, Western Australia when he heard shouting and a man yelling "Shark! Shark!"
"There were about four of us in the water and we all freaked out," he said.

 

Savage ... Senior Constable Ross Bartley of Margaret River Police with the damaged surfboard

Mogens Johansen

"We started paddling for shore and a pod of seals came up in the middle of us.
"I thought it was a shark at first and thought 'This is it, I'm gone too'."
Nicholas, who is a miner from Busselton, south of Perth, was dragged out of the ocean onto the beach.
Eddie added: "We wrapped a jumper around his legs and used a leg rope as a tourniquet.
"I was holding what was left of his leg together. The bottom half of his thigh was exposed and ripped open. Half of his calf muscle was also torn to shreds.

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