Shark victim saved

BRISBANE: Three Queenslanders are being hailed as lifesavers after plucking their 26-year-old mate from the water and desperately applying a tourniquet to his seriously wounded leg after he was bitten by a shark.

The officer in charge of the Cardwell ambulance station, Martin Taylor, has praised the quick actions of the trio after their friend was attacked while spearfishing in far north Queensland about 10.20am on Saturday.