2 fishermen seriously injured off the coast of Gloucester

Two crewmembers aboard a fishing boat were taken to Beverly Hospital with life threatening injuries Friday afternoon bureaucrats say According to personnel after p m Sector Boston received a distress call that a rope snapped and struck two crewmembers One sustained a concussion and workable ribs and the other had a suspected broken neck and intermittently unresponsive Agents say the Coast Guard diverted a helicopter crew and launched small boats to assist Around p m representatives say an EMS took the two crewmembers to Beverly Hospital This is a progressing news story stay with NEWS on-air and online for the latest details