Woman killed in shark attack on NSW beach and man rushed to hospital in critical condition

Pair aged in their 20s bitten near Crowdy Bay early on Thursday morning with woman dying at the scene

A woman has died following a shark attack on the New South Wales mid-north coast.

NSW police said the woman, aged in her 20s, was killed at a beach near Crowdy Bay on Thursday morning.

Emergence services had been called to the beach at about 6.30am following reports two people had been bitten by a shark.

“Witnesses assisted the pair prior to the arrival of NSW Ambulance paramedics; however, the woman died at the scene,” a police spokesperson said.