( CNN ) -- A 25-year-old man suffered life-threatening injuries Tuesday when a shark attacked him while he was surfing in Eureka , California , local authorities said . Other surfers pulled the injured man from the water , loaded him into a pickup truck and rushed him to a hospital before the local beach patrol could respond , the Humboldt County Sheriff 's Office said . A deputy who spoke with the victim as he was being taken to surgery said the man suffered a 14-inch bite wound and other , smaller wounds . The deputy did not specify what parts of the body were injured . The attack occurred shortly after noon off the North Jetty at Eureka 's Bunker Surf Spot . Officials did not release the victim 's name . Were you there ? Surfer dies after shark attack off California air force base . Great white shark killed California surfer , officials say .
Unidentified man , 25 , suffers life-threatening injury , sheriff 's office says . Comment: