Incident Report

Key West, Florida, United States

Monday, August 7, 1967

Non-fatalSpearfishingHit-and-Run

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Incident Profile

Behavior

Hit-and-Run

Injury Location

Leg

Injury Severity

Moderate

Injury Details

Shark grasped thigh

Environmental

Moon Phase

New Moon

Season

Summer (Northern Hemisphere)

Day of Week

Sunday

Individual

Name

Donald Ritter

Age

Sex

Activity

Spearfishing

Location

Address

Key West, Florida, United States

Body of Water

Atlantic Ocean

Location Type

Open Ocean

Coordinates

24.5582, -81.8067

Key West, Florida, United States

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Individual

Location

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