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Man killed in Hawaii shark attack pulled ashore missing leg

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A California man who died after being attacked by a shark while swimming in Hawaii was pulled ashore missing a leg, according to a witness.

Shark warning signs were posted Sunday in the Ka'anapali Beach Park area on Maui where the man died a day earlier.

Witness Allison Keller told Hawaii News Now that the man appeared unconscious as rescuers pulled him from the water and performed CPR Saturday morning.

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The man was swimming about 55 meters from shore when the attack happened. AP/AAP

"As we got closer, I saw some blood on his stomach and then I got looking a little bit more and his wrist, it looked like the skin on his wrist was just torn off," Keller said.

"And then I got looking closer and his entire left leg from his knee down was just missing."

The victim was a 65-year-old resident of California, according to Hawaii's Division of Conservation and Resources Enforcement.

Signs warning swimmers of sharks in the area

Signs warning swimmers of sharks in the area  CNN

Officials didn't immediately release his name or say where in California he was from.

The man was swimming about 55 meters from shore when the attack happened, according to authorities.

The last fatal shark attack in Hawaii was in 2015, when a snorkeler off Maui was killed.

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