Location of shark attack at Crowdy Bay, NSW. Photo: Supplied/NSW National Parks
A woman has been killed and a man seriously injured in a shark attack on the New South Wales Mid North Coast.
Emergency services were called to Crowdy Bay, near Kylies Beach campground, about 6.30am, after reports two people had been attacked by a shark.
NSW Police confirmed a woman and man, both aged in their 20s, were involved in the attack.
Despite the help of witnesses on the beach, the woman died, before paramedics arrived.
NSW Paramedics were able to treat the man, who was flown to John Hunter Hospital in a critical condition.
The beach was closed, as experts with the Department of Primary Industries worked to identify the shark involved in the attack.
- ABC
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