NEW YORK — Police responded to three reports of possible shark bites in separate locations around the same time on the Fourth of July off the South Shore of Long Island, New York, a day after two similar incidents were reported, authorities said.
At 1:50 p.m., police responded to a report of an injured beachgoer at Quogue Village Beach in the town of Southampton, according to the Quogue Village Police Department.
Police have notified all surrounding beaches of the marine life activity and are encouraging patrons to stay out of the water until the situation can be further assessed. A third incident, also off Fire Island, took place at about 4:25 p.m. on Tuesday, the Suffolk County Police Marine Bureau said on Wednesday. An adult woman was bit on the upper thigh just west of Cherry Grove and was treated for non-life-threatening injuries at South Shore University Hospital.
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul's office is deploying drones across beaches to try and prevent encounters after a rise in shark attacks last year, when there were six shark attacks off beaches on Long Island in the span of three weeks.
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