Two people are reportedly dead and three more missing after a boat in New Zealand collided with a whale and capsized, AP reported.

News organization Stuff reported that two people had died in the accident Saturday morning near the South Island town of Kaikoura.

Kaikoura Mayor Craig Mackle said he could confirm that 11 people had been aboard the boat at the time of the accident and that six had been safely brought back to shore.

He said the boat was a fishing charter vessel and that the passengers would likely have been fishing for cod, grouper, and other species.