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 agents say According to representatives after p m Sector Boston received a distress call that a rope snapped and struck two crewmembers One sustained a concussion and feasible ribs and the other had a suspected broken neck and intermittently unresponsive Leaders say the Coast Guard diverted a helicopter crew and launched small boats to assist Around p m executives say an EMS took the two crewmembers to Beverly Hospital