Summer in South Walton Starts With Two Shark Attacks
On Friday, June 7th, two shark attacks occurred just 4 miles apart along the beaches of South Walton County, injuring three people. The first attack happened near WaterSound Beach around 1:20 p.m., where a 45-year-old woman swimming past the first sandbar sustained severe injuries resulting in the amputation of her arm. An hour and a half later, two teenage girls standing in waist-deep water at Seacrest Beach were attacked, with one suffering severe injuries to her leg and hand. Both critically injured victims were airlifted to local trauma centers. These incidents mark the third and fourth shark attacks in Walton County in recent years.
