A Seaside Heights man died Tuesday after his motorcycle crashed on the Garden State Parkway in Ocean County, throwing him from the bike, authorities said. Antonio Vinagre, 67, was riding a motorcycle south when he struck the rear of an SUV near milepost 89.9 in Lakewood, according to New Jersey State Police.

A minke whale died off the New Jersey shore after a collision that nearly tipped over a small boat and threw a person overboard. Social media video of the collision in Barnegat Bay on Saturday afternoon shows the motor boat rocking after the impact and the 20-foot (6-meter) whale splashing near the craft before swimming away.