Fisherman Shot In Head, Impaled By Spear Gun: Reports

OCEAN CITY, MD — A fisherman who was shot in the head with a spear gun and impaled while on a boat off of Ocean City is in a Baltimore hospital in critical condition, media reports say. Authorities have not released the name of the victim, who was injured Sunday afternoon when the accident happened on board a 25-foot cabin cruiser about 35 nautical miles off the Ocean City coast.

A spokesman says the Coast Guard sent rescue vessels from Ocean City and Indian River, while a helicopter from Atlantic City met up with the boat. A Coast Guard rescue swimmer was lowered from the helicopter to help treat the victim, who was taken to Coast Guard Station Ocean City. From there a Maryland State Police helicopter flew the injured man to the R. Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center at the University of Maryland in Baltimore.

About 6:15 p.m., the trauma center asked the Baltimore City Fire Department to help remove the spear, WGMD TV reports.

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