A minke whale died off the New Jersey shore after a collision that nearly tipped over a small boat and threw a person overboard. The Press of Atlantic City reports Social media video of the collision in Barnegat Bay on Saturday afternoon shows the motor boat rocking after the impact and the 20-foot (6-meter) whale splashing near the craft before swimming away. The person thrown overboard manages to tread water next to the boat.
The whale was found dead after it came to rest on a sandbar in shallow water.