San Francisco resident dies after shark attack in Mexico

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A U.S. surfer was killed in a shark attack off Mexico’s southern Pacific coast, officials said Tuesday in an Associated Press story.

The San Francisco man bled to death on Monday after a gray shark bit his right thigh, leaving a 15-inch wound, the Guerrero state Public Safety Department said in a statement.

The man died a few minutes after reaching the hospital, according to the government statement.

Shark attacks are relatively rare in Mexico. In 2006, the International Shark Attack File at the Florida Museum of Natural History reported only one attack in Mexico, which was not fatal. A triathlete was killed by a shark off the coast of San Diego County last week.

-- Francisco Vara-Orta