An Australian man died and his companion was seriously injured when a whale flipped their boat in Botany Bay, off Sydney, and threw them into the water. The accident occurred at 6 a.m. when the two men, Stuart Collings, 61, and his brother-in-law, Darren Curmi, 53, were in their runabout. No one is sure exactly what happened, but apparently a whale breached under the boat.. Other boaters called authorities saying that an empty boat was running in circles in the bay and two people were in the water. For his part, Curmi was in shock, and paramedics took him to a local hospital, where he was in stable condition.

Source: The Guardian October 02, 2023 17:50 UTC