A California college student has died after she was viciously attacked by three sharks while swimming in the Bahamas on Wednesday.
Local media reports confirm that Jordan Lindsey, 21, of Torrance, California was snorkeling near Rose Island in the North Atlantic Ocean waters around 2pm when she was attacked.
She had traveled to the island with her family on a tour boat that brought visitors to the island for snorkeling and to see wild pigs when the sharks appeared.
She suffered devastating injuries in the attack where her right arm was torn off and she suffered bites to her left arm, both legs and buttocks.
Investigators believe there were three sharks involved.
Lindsey’s parents said they saw the sharks approaching and yelled to warn her but she didn’t hear them in time.
She was rushed to the shore and taken to Doctor’s Hospital in Nassau, where she was pronounced dead, the Royal Bahamas Police Force said Wednesday.
“The Ministry of Tourism, on behalf of the Government and the people of The Bahamas expresses its condolences and deepest sympathies to the family and loved ones of the victim of Wednesday’s shark attack off Rose Island, near New Providence,” Bahamas Ministry of Tourism and Aviation officials said in a statement
