A 20-foot-long Minke whale has died after it collided and nearly capsized a pleasure boat in New Jersey's Barnegat Bay on Saturday, an incident that knocked one boater overboard, officials said. The scary wildlife encounter unfolded in an area north of the Double Creek Channel in Barnegat Bay in Ocean County, officials said.

A whale has died after being struck by a boat Saturday afternoon along the Barnegat Bay in Ocean County, New Jersey.

One person was knocked overboard when the whale nearly capsized the boat by crashing into it, the Marine Mammal Stranding Center said on Facebook.