A 35-year old Canadian woman has been killed in a bizarre accident which say a grey whale crashed into the tourist boat she was on off Mexico's Pacific coast, BBC reports.
Tourist killed after grey whale crashes into woman's boat
While the exact circumstances of the incident are unclear, firefighters say the whale jumped up and landed on the boat, throwing the victim into the water.
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The vessel the woman was on, which had 23 other people on board, was reportedly returning from taking tourists on a snorkeling trip off the north-western resort of Cabo San Lucas when the accident happened
The tour company which manges the boat the woman was on, however said the woman was injured when the captain had to make a sudden turn to avoid the surfacing whale, which hit one side of the boat.
2 people were also injured in the accident.
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On Wednesday, Mexican authorities said more than 2,500 grey whales had gathered in the area, one of the highest numbers in the past two decades.
Grey whales can reach a length of almost 15m (50ft) and a weight of 36,000 kilograms.
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