BALD HEAD ISLAND, N.C. — Emergency officials said an 8-year-old boy was taken to the hospital after he was bitten by a shark Sunday afternoon on Bald Head Island.
Brunswick County officials confirmed with WECT that EMS was called to the island around 4 p.m. about a shark bite.
According to Village Manager Chris McCall, the boy was in the ocean when a shark grabbed him by the leg.
"A young boy was bitten by something believed to be a shark, given the type of wounds sustained and the assessment made by first responders," McCall told WECT.
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He said the boy was initially treated by Village Public Safety Officers on the island before being taken to the hospital on the mainland by the Bald Head Island ferry.
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McCall told WECT the injuries did not require a medevac to the hospital and that the child was being treated for multiple puncture wounds but should make a full recovery.
The size and species of the shark are unknown.
The attack marks the third off the coast of North Carolina this month.