The two female tourists were swimming in Bimini Bay on Friday around 6:30 p.m. when they were injured in a suspected shark attack, police said.

The tourists, both women, were swimming in the popular Bahamian resort area Bimini Bay when the attack happened at around 6:30 p.m., said the Royal Bahamas Police Force.

One of the shark's bites narrowly missed a femoral artery in the 24-year-old's leg, which could have caused him to bleed out and die. This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Shark attack in ...

BAHAMAS -- Two Americans were injured, one seriously, in a suspected shark attack in the Bahamas, police said. The two female tourists were swimming in Bimini Bay on Friday around 6:30 p.m. when ...