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A teenage girl has died after a shark attack near Esperance in WA's south on Monday afternoon.
The 17-year-old is believed to have been unconscious when she was pulled from the water, after the attack occurred at Kelp Beds - approximately three kilometres east of Wylie Bay.
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Esperance Police, St John Ambulance, Esperance Marine Rescue and the State Emergency Service rushed to the scene where they treated the young girl on the beach.
The girl, from Singleton, was seriously mauled on one of her legs, leading to massive blood loss.
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Esperance Express report Caitlyn Rintoul, who was one of the first on the scene, said a woman was being hugged by a paramedic as the girl was given CPR.
"Our local paramedic was giving her CPR and calling on bystanders to come over and lift her onto the next stretcher," she said.