A whale has died after police said it charged at a boat Saturday afternoon along the Barnegat Bay in Ocean County, New Jersey.

Officials with the Marine Mammal Stranding Center said they received a call from the New Jersey State Police Marine Unit after they spotted a whale in the Barnegat Bay, near the inlet, around 2:45 p.m. Saturday.

MMSC staffers connected with the U.S Coast Guard, NJSP Marine Unit and Sea Tow, while a stranding coordinator responded to the area where the whale was spotted.

Less than an hour later, a report came in from a boater stating that a vessel struck the whale, causing the boat to nearly capsize and a passenger to go overboard.

In an update on Monday, New Jersey State Police said it actually appears the whale charged at the 21-foot boat, which led a passeng

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