A man aged in his 60s has been rushed to hospital after being attacked by a shark off the Queensland coast. He was bitten by the shark at Curtis Island near Gladstone about 8.25am today and suffered lacerations and abrasions on both arms and a hand.

A man has been injured in a shark attack while spearfishing off Curtis Island near Gladstone on Queensland’s central coast.

A man has been rushed to hospital after a shark attack off Curtis Island in Central Queensland. The man, aged in his 60s, sustained cuts was attacked at about 8:30am. Queensland Ambulance Service said he suffered lacerations and abrasions to both arms.

Bystanders who provided crucial first aid for a shark bite victim off the Central Qld coast this morning have been praised by senior Queensland Ambulance Service staff. A man in his 60s has been bitten by a shark while spearfishing off Curtis Island about 8.