Snorkelling OAP mauled to death by shark
A WOMAN has died after being viciously mauled to death by a shark.
MAULING: A 65-year-old woman was killed by a shark [GETTY]
The 65-year-old woman was snorkelling in a popular beach spot in Maui, Hawaii.
Other snorkelers found her floating face down about 180metres off-shore and pulled her from the sea.
The woman had suffered severe injuries to her upper torso.
Paramedics and firefighters responded to an emergency call but she did not survive.
The victim had been snorkelling with two friends but had become separated and was alone when she was attacked, Maui Fire Department said.
The beach has been closed to swimmers and divers until it is safe to reopen.
"Our condolence goes out to the family of the victim," said Kekoa Kaluhiwa, first deputy director of state Department of Land and Natural Resources.
The attack was the third fatal shark attack to occur in Maui waters since 2013.
In December of that year, Washington resident Patrick Briney, 57, was kayaking when a shark bit his right leg which was dangling in the water and he bled to death.
Months earlier a German tourist was killed when her arm was severed by a shark, close to where the most recent attack took place.
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