A man accidentally shot himself in the head with a spear gun in Maryland, WBAL-TV reported. It happened Sunday about 35 miles off the coast of Ocean City, according to WBAL.
The Salisbury Daily Times reported that the Coast Guard received a distress call about a man injured by a spear gun on a boat off Ocean City.
A helicopter and two boats responded. The helicopter arrived first and sent down a rescue swimmer to provide medical care to the man until a boat arrived.
He was taken to a Coast Guard station before he was sent to a Baltimore hospital.
Further information on his condition wasn't immediately available.
Spear guns can be used by divers to catch fish underwater.
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