Incident Report

Victoria, Australia

Saturday, February 28, 1959

Non-fatalFishingHit-and-Run

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Incident Profile

Behavior

Hit-and-Run

Injury Location

Torso

Injury Severity

Minor

Injury Details

No injury to occupants. Shark leapt into boat, momentarily pinning Crew against the side

Circumstances

Victim Configuration

Group

Environmental

Moon Phase

Waning Gibbous

Season

Summer (Southern Hemisphere)

Day of Week

Saturday

Individual

Name

14' open boat: occupants Richard Crew & Bob Thatcher

Sex

Activity

Fishing

Location

Address

Victoria, Australia

Location Type

Boat

Coordinates

-37.1323, 145.2888

Victoria, Australia

Incident Profile

Circumstances

Environmental

Individual

Location

Location

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Victoria, Australia

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