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The Department of Fisheries and Oceans is investigating after a person driving a jet ski struck a grey whale off Vancouver.

Witnesses along Vancouver’s seawall saw the collision unfold in the water near Siwash Rock in Stanley Park around 7:30 p.m. PT on Monday.

"It was coming at great speed in between the sailboats and the shoreline again," Savage said. "The whale surfaced and the [jet ski] collided with the whale."

He watched and said the person was "thrown" from the jet ski and heard him calling for help.

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[–] AGM@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 days ago

I seem to remember the speed limit changing once you get under the bridge. Not to marina-slow kind of speed, but I thought it dropped there. You tend not to see people going through there at speed anyway and it's definitely a point where you need to be careful of wildlife and other things in the water. I don't think there was any intent in hitting the whale, but reckless to be ripping through that area at that speed repeatedly.