Incident Report

Vavaʻu, Tonga

Friday, September 27, 2002

Non-fatalSwimmingHit-and-Run

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Incident Profile

Behavior

Hit-and-Run

Injury Location

Leg

Injury Severity

Moderate

Injury Details

Thigh lacerated PROVOKED INCIDENT

Circumstances

Victim Configuration

Group

Water Depth

Standing

Shallow

Moderate

Deep

Environmental

Moon Phase

Waning Gibbous

Season

Spring (Southern Hemisphere)

Day of Week

Thursday

Individual

Name

Felipe Tonga

Sex

Activity

Swimming

Location

Address

Vavaʻu, Tonga

Body of Water

Pacific Ocean

Location Type

Open Ocean

Coordinates

-18.5000, -174.0000

Vavaʻu, Tonga

Incident Profile

Circumstances

Environmental

Individual

Location

Location

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Vavaʻu, Tonga

Incident Profile

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