US student Jordan Lindsey attacked and killed by three sharks while on holiday in Bahamas
- Victim was snorkelling near Rose Island with family and did not hear warnings in time
- Lindsey’s arms, legs and buttocks were bitten and her right arm was severed
A shark attack has killed a Southern California woman holidaying in the Bahamas.
Royal Bahamas Police Force Deputy Commissioner Paul Rolle says 21-year-old Jordan Lindsey of Torrance was attacked by three sharks on Wednesday near Rose Island while snorkelling with her family. The island is a small strip of land northeast of Nassau.
KABC-TV says Lindsey’s parents and other family members saw the sharks and yelled a warning but she did not hear them in time. Officials say her arms, legs and buttocks were bitten and her right arm was severed.
She was pronounced dead at a hospital.
The Bahamas Ministry of Tourism and Aviation issued a statement expressing its condolences and “deepest sympathies” to the family. An investigation into Lindsey’s death is ongoing, the ministry said.