Maui surfer loses part of leg in shark attack, officials say

A shark bit a Maui surfer Friday morning and severed his leg, authorities said.

The man, 61, was surfing off Waiehu Beach Park Friday morning in a surf spot known as Sand Piles when a shark bit him," Maui County said in a news release. 

Police officers who arrived to the scene first tried to control the bleeding with tourniquets. His leg was "completely severed just below the knee," officials said.