Injured fisherman rescued off of Plymouth

By Stewart Bishop, Globe Correspondent

An injured fisherman was rescued by the Coast Guard this afternoon near Plymouth, the Coast Guard said.

The Coast Guard received a distress call at approximately 3 p.m. about a fisherman who had suffered a head injury when he was accidentally struck by a piece of deck gear, said Petty Officer James Rhodes, a Coast Guard spokesman.

Coast Guard personnel were conducting training exercises near Gloucester, and they sent two helicopters and a rescue boat to the scene. The injured man was transported to Massachusetts General Hospital. Rhodes said he did not know the fisherman's condition