New details on whale found dead after boat encounter

New details have emerged after a whale was found dead after an encounter with a boat off the coast of the Jersey Shore.

The Brief

A whale that died after colliding with a boat in New Jersey was found to have had little in its stomach when it died.

A necropsy also observed cuts and bruising on the whale's back, as well as blood in its lungs.

The whale was buried on the beach after the necropsy was completed.

Wildlife officials have completed a necropsy, or animal autopsy, on a 20-foot minke whale that died after a collision with a boat in Barnegat Bay, New Jersey Saturday.

Following the necropsy, the whale was buried on the beach at Island Beach State Park.

The backstory:

Cell phone video surfaced over the weekend of the moment t

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