2023-09-30 10:45:00
A 61-year-old man died and another was injured this Saturday after a whale allegedly collided and capsized the boat they were traveling in during a fishing expedition, police sources reported.
The incident occurred in the early hours of this Saturday, when the Aquatic Police responded to an emergency involving two people who were in the water after their boat suffered an accident in the coastal region of La Perouse, in the suburbs of Sydney, he explained. in a statement the New South Wales State Police.
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Acting Superintendent Siobhan Munro explained that due to the unusual presence of whales in the area, the incident, although tragic, was not unexpected.
“Right now there are a lot of whales out there, so it’s not strange that these stories of whales approaching boats are known,” he told local media.
The whale could have caused the accident while re-entering the water.
A witness on board a nearby ship alerted emergency services when he saw the ship circling with no one on board. The two men were in the water for approximately 45 minutes.
NSW Police Minister Yasmin Catley called the incident “a horribly tragic accident” and said the information available at the time was limited.
For his part, Jihad Dib, minister of emergency services of New South Wales, highlighted that although these types of accidents are exceptional, they highlight the dangers that can arise in these types of spaces.
Australia is home to a wide variety of whale species along its extensive coastline, and although human deaths caused by these cetaceans are rare, whale strandings are common events on both Australian and New Zealand beaches.
LATEST NEWS EDITORIAL*With information from EFE.
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