SCITUATE, MASS. (WHDH) - Three men were transported to South Shore Hospital Tuesday after their boat sank off the coast of Scituate Tuesday.
Police say they received a call from a Marshfield resident around 2:30 p.m. who said she saw a fishing boat sinking off of Fourth Cliff. She told officers that the boast was last seen near Central Avenue in Humarock, according to a release issued by the department.
Police and firefighters rushed to the scene and called the Scituate Harbormaster, Marshfield Harbormaster and US Coast Guard for help.
The 55 foot boat was found sinking about a half mile off Humarock Beach and three people were found clinging to some fishing gear. They were pulled to safety and transported to the hospital with severe hypothermia.
“They couldn’t talk, they couldn’t move. Very very limited in what they could do at all,” Scituate’s Fire Chief, John Murphy explained.
Their condition was not made available.
“Without the 911 call this would have been a recovery,” said Murphy. “Nobody would have knew about it until tomorrow morning when it washed up on the beach in Humarock. So, this woman, her call, it saved a life.”
No further details were released.
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