Man bitten by shark in North Carolina

A MAN has been rushed to hospital after being bitten by a shark off the North Carolina coast.

A man has been rushed to hospital after being bitten by a shark off the North Carolina coast.

A MAN has been bitten multiple times by a shark on North Carolina's Outer Banks, the fifth such attack in the past two weeks.

LOCAL media reports a 47-year-old man was bitten on the back on Friday while he was in the surf off Avon on Hatteras Island.