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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Luca Ittimani

‘I just legged it’: teenage shark bite victim recalls lucky escape while surfing in South Australia

Oliver Tokic-Bensley, 16, who was bitten by a shark while surfing in South Australia
Oliver Tokic-Bensley believes a bronze whaler shark bit him while he was surfing on Good Friday. Photograph: Andrew Bensley

A teenage surfer bitten by a shark at a South Australian beach has described how he “flicked it off” and “legged it back to shore”.

Oliver Tokic-Bensley, 16, was bitten on his foot while surfing on Good Friday near his family beach house at Middleton, 80km south of Adelaide.

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