A woman on a whale-watching cruise in Mexico died after one of the majestic sea creatures she'd traveled to see leapt from the water and landed on her boat.
Firefighter commander Juan Carvajal Figueroa told the Associated Press that the woman was with a group of other tourists about a mile off-shore from Cabo San Lucas when the gray whale breached and collided with their ship, knocking the 35-year-old Canadian into the sea.
The ship's captain and another tourist reportedly jumped in and brought the woman back to boat. Navy officers rushed her to an on-shore clinic, where she died from unspecified injuries.
Two other people were injured in the accident, according to the CBC; one of them, a 45-year-old woman, was admitted to a nearby hospital in stable condition.
Image via AP. Contact the author at taylor@gawker.com.
