16-year-old bitten by shark near Cape Hatteras shore, released from medical care
The boy was swimming near an off-road vehicle ramp about 2.5 miles south of the village of Salvo, in the Outer Banks, officials said.
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The family of the teenager told officials he was jumping over waves on sandbar about 25 feet offshore.
He was treated for non-life threatening injuries in Nags Head. The boy was swimming near an off-road vehicle ramp about 2.5 miles south of the village of Salvo, in the Outer Banks, officials said.
The 16-year-old was from Oak Ridge in the piedmont of North Carolina.
He was released from the medical facility Thursday night, officials said.
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