Crocodile attacks woman swimming off luxury tourist boat

Source: telegraph.co.uk - 

A woman has survived after being attacked by a crocodile while swimming from a luxury tourist boat at a remote bay in Western Australia, the ship's operator said on Tuesday.

Tara Hawkes, 23, was in shallow water near the vessel True North at Dugong Bay in the Kimberley region when the two-metre long crocodile bit her upper leg.

A passenger is believed to have pulled her to safety and she was flown by helicopter to the nearest hospital where she was in a stable condition on Monday night being treated for lacerations and puncture wounds.

Peter Trembath of North Star Cruises, the vessel's operator, said in a statement that the attack happened at a freshwater pool in only waist-deep water.

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