Great white shark killed California bodyboarder on Christmas Eve, coroner confirms

Autopsy determined the man suffered a crushed skull as well as injuries to a large vein and died within minutes

A bodyboarder was attacked by a great white shark in central California on Christmas Eve and died within minutes, official reports have concluded.

Tomas Butterfield, 42, was bitten in the head, chest and shoulder in the Morro Bay attack and died from complications of multiple penetrating blunt force traumatic injuries," according to a coroner's report, the Tribune of San Luis Obispo County reported on Tuesday.