Boston woman killed in shark attack while vacationing in the Bahamas has been identified

NASSAU, BAHAMAS — A Massachusetts woman died after being attacked by a shark while paddle boarding in the Bahamas on Monday morning. According to Our News Bahamas, police identified the 44-year-old local woman as Lauren Erickson Van Wart. Van Wart was traveling from Boston with a male relative to Sandals Royal Bahamian resort in Nassau, Bahamas for vacation. Police said she and her relative were paddle boarding away from the shoreline at the rear of a resort in western New Providence when she was bitten by a shark. A lifeguard...