Another shark attack reported along Carolina coast

A third person has been attacked by a shark on the Outer Banks in just the past week.

OUTER BANKS, N.C. -- A third person has been attacked by a shark on the Outer Banks in just the past week.

Around 12:30 p.m., emergency crews responded for a reported shark bite victim on an Ocracoke beach.

The victim, a 68-year-old man, was swimming about 25- 30 feet offshore in about waist-deep water with his adult son when the attack occurred.

He received injuries to his left lower torso and hip, lower left leg, and both hands.

No other swimmers were injured.

Several beach goers shared photos on social media of the shark attack with several onlookers and first responders on the scene treating the victim.

This is the third shark attack in the last week along the Carolina coast.

Around 11:45 a.m. last Friday, the National Park Service (NPS) received a report of a 911 call that someone was injured by a shark about one mile north of the Avon Fishing Pier.

Hatteras Island Rescue Squad paramedics and NPS Rangers responded to the scene.

The 47-year-old victim had been swimming with others when the incident occurred. He received various injuries to his right leg and lower back.

The man was treated at the scene and then transported by ambulance and Dare Medflight to Sentara Norfolk General Hospital for further treatment.

Another man was also bitten by a shark while swimming in the surf off Hunting Island in South Carolina last Friday.

The man noticed a four-foot-long shark swimming around him and yelled, 'Shark!" only to be bitten by a second one he had not seen, according to officials.

The victim was able to get out of the water, and was taken to Beaufort Memorial Hospital with injuries that are believed to be minor.

The man was on vacation from Pennsylvania, according to officials.

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