Stoney Creek boy bitten by shark at Florida beach

Officials say a Canadian boy was bitten by a shark while vacationing with his family at a Florida beach.

Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue officials told news outlets the 11-year-old boy was found Wednesday bleeding with puncture wounds. Fire Rescue Battalion Chief Battalion Chief Stephen Gollan says he was taken in stable condition to a local hospital.

Gollan said lifeguards were doing routine physical training when they heard a loud scream coming from the ocean across from The Ritz-Carlton in Fort Lauderdale.

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Shark bites are more common in the summer when more people are in the water and ocean currents bring baitfish closer to shore.

According to NBC Miami, Christian Mariani of Stoney Creek, Ontario is the Canadian injured.