Surfer loses finger in accident

— A 35-year-old man lost a finger in a surfing accident in the South Mission Beach area around 9 a.m. today.

Lifeguards and medical personnel were attending to the man's injury, a lifeguard spokesman said. The leash, which secures the board to the surfer, apparently became entangled around the finger and severed it.

The finger, said the lifeguard spokesman, "was lost to the sea."

The man was being cared for near the jetty on the north side of the Mission Bay Channel.


