IPSWICH, MASS. (WHDH) - A 17-year-old Merrimac boy was rushed to an area hospital Wednesday after he fell off a boat into the Plum Island Sound inlet.
Emergency crews were called to the scene that sits just north of Crane Beach around 1:50 p.m. for reports of a boy falling off of a 12-foot rubber craft with a 25-horsepower outboard engine that was being driven by a 16-year-old boy, according to a release issued by Police Chief and Harbormaster Paul Nikas.
The teen suffered injuries to his legs, arm and back that are not considered to be life-threatening.
The incident remains under investigation.
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