Shark Attack At Kukio Resort Club, Non-Life Threating ~ DLNR

Reports are of a 57-year-old woman that was bitten on the leg while swimming around 500 yards offshore. DLNR Statement: "First responders, officers from the DLNR Division of Conservation and Resources Enforcement (DOCARE) and personnel from the DLNR Division of Aquatic Resources are responding to a report of a non-fatal shark incident near the Kukio Resort Club House on Hawai‘i Island. Initial reports indicate a woman was swimming about 500-feet from shore, when she apparently encountered a shark. She will be taken to the North Hawai‘i Medical Center for treatment. Learn more about shark response protocols in the video below. No further details are available at this time." Video from DLNR