JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Three people have been injured, one seriously, after a boat collided with a humpback whale near Juneau, Alaska.
NOAA Fisheries says it happened Saturday morning just outside Auke Bay. The boat immediately returned to shore, where authorities say three family members were taken to a Juneau hospital.
Two of them were discharged, but the third was flown to Seattle. NOAA Fisheries spokeswoman Julie Speegle says the fate of the whale is not known.