BOSTON (WHDH) - Crews rescued three people Tuesday after a boat crash in Boston Harbor.
The crash happened near 10:15 a.m. Tuesday morning at the site of the now-demolished Long Island Bridge between Long Island and Moon Island in Quincy. Though the bridge was torn down in 2014, large concrete pilings remain. A source said the boat struck one of the pilings.
Boston firefighters, police, EMS crews, and Coast Guard personnel found the boat after the crash and brought the three people to shore.
Emergency crews were soon seen bringing people on stretchers toward a waiting ambulance. One man’s face was bloodied. Another man was wearing a neck brace. The third man walked off a Boston police boat and onto a stretcher to get evaluated.
Though their injuries were serious, Boston EMS Deputy Superintendent Tom Finn said all three injured men were in stable condition.
“They’re all awake, all transported to area hospitals and I think it’s a good outcome,” Finn said.
The boat involved in this incident was a 20-foot maritime skiff. The Coast Guard in a post on X confirmed the boat was a commercial fishing boat and said it was operating under a commercial license.
Crews towed the boat to Marina Bay in Quincy shortly before 12 p.m. The boat was visibly damaged when it reached land and blood stains were seen on its interior.
“The boat was definitely broken up,” said Captain Mike Knudsen of Towboat.US. “There were no pieces falling off of it, but it was lots of fiberglass damage to the front end of the boat.”
No further information was immediately available about what led to the boat crash and authorities did not publicly identify the people who were injured.
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