Man seriously injured in Queensland shark attack

By Toby Crockford
February 18 2017 - 5:30pm
A man was bitten multiple times by a shark on Saturday morning off the Queensland coast. (File image) Photo: Marc Conlin
A man was bitten multiple times by a shark on Saturday morning off the Queensland coast. (File image) Photo: Marc Conlin

A man attacked by a shark on Saturday morning off the north Queensland coast owes his life to quick thinking friends who applied a tourniquet to his mauled leg, Queensland Ambulance Service said.