Man shoots co-worker while rescuing him from crocodile

Man shoots co-worker while rescuing him from crocodile

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Man rescues co-worker from jaws of crocodile in northern Australia
He shot crocodile, causing it to let go of man's arm, second shot hit man's arm
The two were collecting crocodile eggs by a river bank in the Northern Territory
Wounded man's injuries were not life-threatening

(CNN) -- A man who rescued a co-worker from the jaws of a crocodile in northern Australia also accidentally shot him in the process, police said.
The two men were collecting crocodile eggs by a river bank in Australia's Northern Territory Tuesday when a crocodile grabbed Jason Grant by the lower right arm, a spokeswoman for the area police told CNN.
The second man, Zac Fitzgerald, shot the crocodile, causing it to let go of Grant's arm. But a second shot that Fitzgerald fired struck Grant in the upper right arm, said Northern Territory police spokeswoman Katie Fowden.
Grant, who is in his late 20s, was flown to a hospital for treatment of both the bullet and the crocodile wounds. His injuries were not life-threatening, Fowden said.
The two men are workers at a crocodile farm in Darwin, the capital city of the Northern Territory. They were collecting the eggs legally, police said.


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