9-year-old girl bitten by shark while wading in water off Florida beach

A 9-year-old girl was bitten by a shark while wading in knee-deep water Friday morning on New Smyrna Beach, according to officials.

A 9-year-old girl was bitten by a shark while wading in knee-deep water Friday morning on New Smyrna Beach, according to officials.

A 9-year-old girl was bitten by a shark while wading in knee-deep water Friday morning on New Smyrna Beach, according to officials.

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The girl felt a bite on her right leg around 11 a.m., according to an incident report by Volusia County Beach Safety

Officials said her injuries are non-life-threatening and that she refused transport by ambulance. They said her mother drove her to a hospital.

Last month, three people were bitten by sharks at New Smyrna Beach in two days

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