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Surfer bitten TWICE by shark as it was chasing a seal off Australian coast before driving himself to hospital

D'Estrees Bay beach with light-colored sand and seaweed, a green headland, and a cloudy sky.
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A South Australian surfer who was seriously injured in a shark attack yesterday says “it was like being hit by a truck”.Dion Lynch was attacked at remote beach in D’Estrees Bay on Kangaroo Island yesterday afternoon and suffered serious injuries to his back and thighs. taken from here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%27Estrees_Bay#/media/File:D’Estrees_Bay_beach_-_panoramio.jpg[/caption]

A SURFER has survived a savage shark attack before driving himself to hospital, despite serious injuries.

The chaos unfolded at a popular Australian surf spot on Tuesday afternoon, when the surfer got in the way of a shark chasing a seal.

Sharks and dolphins underwater, competing for food.
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The surfer in his 50s was bitten by a bronze whaler shark[/caption]

D'Estrees Bay beach with waves rolling in and a distant headland.
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After escaping the water, he drove himself to hospital[/caption]

The bronze whaler was chasing lunch when the seal used the wave rider as a decoy to escape certain death.

The man, in his 50s, was surfing off Kangaroo Island in South Australia, when the shark took two bites out of his leg.

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