Coast Guard responding to passenger vessel taking on water

BOSTON — The Coast Guard, state, local agencies and Good Samaritans are taking passengers off of the passenger vessel Spirit of Massachusetts after it ran hard aground about a mile and a half off the coast of Deer Island, Mass., Sat., July 3, 2010.

There is a report of one back injury. Coast Guard Station Point Allerton is taking the person to meet local EMS. Their condition is unknown at this time.

The Coast Guard received the call from the vessel around 10:04 a.m.

The 125-foot vessel has 168 passengers and six crewmembers aboard.

The Spirit of Massachusetts is blocking the south channel in President Roads coming into Boston.

One scene is: Coast Guard Station Point Allerton, Coast Guard Station Boston, several state and local agencies as well as Good Samaritans.

A Falcon Jet crew and Jayhawk helicopter crew is en route.

The current plan is to take the passengers to Pemberton Pier in Hull, Mass.

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