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Man killed, one hospitalised after whale hits boat off Australia

A humpback whale breaches off the coast at Clovelly Beach in Sydney, Australia, in 2016 [File: David Gray/Reuters]

One man died and another was hospitalised in Australia after a whale hit and flipped their small boat during a fishing trip, authorities said.

The two men were thrown from the boat when it was hit at about 6am local time on Saturday (20:00 GMT on Friday) in the waters off La Perouse, about 14km (nine miles) southeast of Sydney.

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