By HENRY FREDERICK / Headline Surfer
NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. -- A little after 5 o'clock this evening, a 22 year old woman from Sanford was on her surfboard in chest deep water when she was bitten on the foot by a shark in the 4600 block South.
"The shark was not seen," Volusia Beach Safety Capt. Tamra Malpurs told Headline Surfer in an email media alert. "Her injuries are non-life-threatening and she was not transported to the hospital by ambulance."
"The shark was not seen," Volusia Beach Safety Capt. Tamra Malpurs told Headline Surfer in an email media alert. "Her injuries are non-life-threatening and she was not transported to the hospital by ambulance."
This is the fourth shark bite in Volusia County so far this year.
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Henry Frederick is publisher of Headline Surfer, the award-winning 24/7 internet news outlet launched 12 years ago that serves greater Daytona Beach, Sanford & Orlando, Florida via HeadlineSurfer.com. Frederick has amassed more than a hundred journalism industry awards in print & online -- more than than all other members of the working press combined in Central Florida since the mid-1990s. He earned his Master of Arts in New Media Journalism with academic honors from Full Sail University in 2019. Having witnessed the execution of serial killer Aileen Wuornos in Florida's death chamber and other high profile cases, Frederick has appeared on national crime documentary programs on Discovery ID and Reelz for his investigative reporting and cops & courts breaking news stories.