Incident Report

Charleston, South Carolina, United States

Friday, August 14, 1959

Non-fatalFishingHit-and-Run

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Incident Profile

Behavior

Hit-and-Run

Injury Location

Arm

Injury Severity

Moderate

Injury Details

Laceration to forearm by boated shark PROVOKED INCIDENT

Environmental

Moon Phase

Waxing Gibbous

Season

Summer (Northern Hemisphere)

Day of Week

Thursday

Individual

Name

Arthur Wright

Sex

Activity

Fishing

Location

Address

Charleston, South Carolina, United States

Body of Water

Atlantic Ocean

Location Type

Boat

Coordinates

32.7893, -79.9386

Charleston, South Carolina, United States

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