Incident Report

St Lucia, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Tuesday, March 7, 1961

Non-fatalFishingHit-and-Run

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Incident Profile

Behavior

Hit-and-Run

Injury Location

Leg

Injury Severity

Moderate

Injury Details

Landed shark in boat bit his left leg PROVOKED INCIDENT

Environmental

Moon Phase

Waning Gibbous

Season

Summer (Southern Hemisphere)

Day of Week

Tuesday

Individual

Name

Johannes J. Rickert

Age

Sex

Activity

Fishing

Location

Address

St Lucia, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Body of Water

Indian Ocean

Location Type

Boat

Coordinates

-28.3748, 32.4118

St Lucia, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Incident Profile

Environmental

Individual

Location

Location

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