Two boats collided in the water in Hingham Bay on Friday afternoon, with video from Sky 5 showing a sailboat partially submerged in the water with another boat nearby.The incident happened in the vicinity of Grape Island, which is approximately one mile north of Hingham Harbor in Weymouth.The U.S. Coast Guard said they responded to a collision between a 21 foot sailboat and a 38 foot power boat along with the Quincy and Weymouth harbormasters.Authorities believe the power boat was heading away from Hingham into the main channel and struck a 21 foot sail boat.What appears to be blood is visible on the back of the motorboat.The crash submerged the sailboat, leaving only the top of its mast and the tip of the bow visible above the waterline.A source says the motorboat struck the sailboat, and a man and woman on board the sailboat both suffered serious injuries, apparently hit by the other boat’s propeller.”I was hoping that everyone was ok,” said Ann Goldman, a ferry passenger who witnessed the aftermath.Goldman was on an MBTA ferry that passed by the two boats and took pictures shortly after they collided around noon.”I mean when you see a collision, when you see police boats, you’re like, ‘I hope something wasn’t terribly wrong.’ But something was definitely terribly wrong,” Goldman said.Two people on the motorboat appeared unhurt and were brought to shore and questioned by state environmental police.”We’ve never seen anything like that going in and out to Boston. And so it was a bit of a shock, especially on a calm day,” said David McGuiness, another ferry passenger.Longtime sailboater Dennis Hynes said boats are supposed to slow down in the narrow channel between Weymouth and Grape Island.”If you were leaving this area, you would go right through that point,” Hynes said.Hynes said that if the sailboat was under sail power, it would have the right of way.”It should not have been that busy out there. So it looks like maybe some inattention and excessive speed just looking at the pictures you showed me,” Hynes said.The female suffered injuries which were describe by officials as serious. She was transported to a Boston area hospital while the male was transported to a hpWeymouth. The investigation into the collision continues as authorities work to determine if someone is at fault.

WEYMOUTH, Mass. —

Two boats collided in the water in Hingham Bay on Friday afternoon, with video from Sky 5 showing a sailboat partially submerged in the water with another boat nearby.

The incident happened in the vicinity of Grape Island, which is approximately one mile north of Hingham Harbor in Weymouth.

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The U.S. Coast Guard said they responded to a collision between a 21 foot sailboat and a 38 foot power boat along with the Quincy and Weymouth harbormasters.

Authorities believe the power boat was heading away from Hingham into the main channel and struck a 21 foot sail boat.

What appears to be blood is visible on the back of the motorboat.

The crash submerged the sailboat, leaving only the top of its mast and the tip of the bow visible above the waterline.

A source says the motorboat struck the sailboat, and a man and woman on board the sailboat both suffered serious injuries, apparently hit by the other boat’s propeller.

Ann Goldman

“I was hoping that everyone was ok,” said Ann Goldman, a ferry passenger who witnessed the aftermath.

Goldman was on an MBTA ferry that passed by the two boats and took pictures shortly after they collided around noon.

“I mean when you see a collision, when you see police boats, you’re like, ‘I hope something wasn’t terribly wrong.’ But something was definitely terribly wrong,” Goldman said.

Two people on the motorboat appeared unhurt and were brought to shore and questioned by state environmental police.

“We’ve never seen anything like that going in and out to Boston. And so it was a bit of a shock, especially on a calm day,” said David McGuiness, another ferry passenger.

Longtime sailboater Dennis Hynes said boats are supposed to slow down in the narrow channel between Weymouth and Grape Island.

“If you were leaving this area, you would go right through that point,” Hynes said.

Hynes said that if the sailboat was under sail power, it would have the right of way.

“It should not have been that busy out there. So it looks like maybe some inattention and excessive speed just looking at the pictures you showed me,” Hynes said.

The female suffered injuries which were describe by officials as serious. She was transported to a Boston area hospital while the male was transported to a hpWeymouth.

The investigation into the collision continues as authorities work to determine if someone is at fault.

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