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Man dies in Australia after whale strikes boat
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https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-66969844
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This is the best summary I could come up with:
A whale has struck a boat in Australia, killing one man and leaving another injured, police say.
The men were on a fishing expedition when their boat was hit in waters off La Perouse, 14 km (nine miles) south-east of Sydney.
Deaths caused by whales in the region are rare, and a state minister for New South Wales called it “an absolute freak accident”.
Police said in a statement the likely collision had caused the boat to tilt, throwing both men overboard.
“Early reports are that a whale may have breached near the boat, or on to the boat,” Water Police Acting Superintendent Siobhan Munro said, adding that she had not seen a similar incident before.
Australia’s coastline hosts 10 large and 20 smaller species of whales.
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