Woman treated after apparent shark bite to leg


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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A woman suffered an apparent shark bite to her leg while swimming in the Intracoastal Waterway off Fort Lauderdale.

Broward Health Medical Center officials said the woman was undergoing surgery late Sunday afternoon.

The apparent shark attacked happened earlier Sunday when the woman was inner tubing with a group of friends.

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