A boat collided with a whale off the Jersey Shore Saturday afternoon, killing the 20-foot-long animal and throwing one passenger overboard.
A video on social media captures moments when a boat rocked side to side after hitting a whale, resulting in a boater being thrown into New Jersey’s Barnegat Bay. The whale, which was later identified as a minke whale, is then observed swimming away from the scene.
“Oh my God, they’re going over,” a witness to the incident can be heard saying in the dramatic video. “Ooh, man overboard!”
Officials said the person sent overboard is believed to be OK, CBS News reported.
Boaters — for their own safety — have been urged to stay at least 150 feet away from the whale’s remains in the meantime.
FILE PHOTO: A minke whale is pictured here. (iStock)
Earlier in the year, an unusual incident occurred off the coast of Chile, where a humpback whale briefly swallowed a man on a kayak. Fortunately, the man managed to escape from the whale’s mouth without injury.
The Marine Mammal Stranding Center, along with the U.S. Coast Guard and the NJ State Police Marine Unit, did not provide an immediate comment to Fox News Digital’s inquiry.
