Incident Report

Western Cape, South Africa

Wednesday, January 25, 1961

Non-fatalFishingHit-and-Run

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Incident Profile

Behavior

Hit-and-Run

Injury Severity

Minor

Injury Details

No injury to occupants, shark took a gaffed fish they were bringing aboard & hit their boat

Circumstances

Victim Configuration

Group

Environmental

Moon Phase

First Quarter

Season

Summer (Southern Hemisphere)

Day of Week

Wednesday

Individual

Name

dinghy, occupants: Willem & Jan Groenwald

Activity

Fishing

Location

Address

Western Cape, South Africa

Body of Water

Atlantic Ocean

Location Type

Boat

Coordinates

-33.9290, 18.4174

Western Cape, South Africa

Incident Profile

Circumstances

Environmental

Individual

Location

Location

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