A commercial fishing boat hit a sailing schooner Thursday near Kennebunk, injuring two people and causing a fuel spill that prompted local officials to tell people to stay out of the water.

The chartered sailing schooner Eleanor had significant hull damage and was taking on water after it was hit by the fishing boat The Flying Dutchman near the “G” buoy  a mile from the Kennebunk jetty and the Kennebunk River, according to Kennebunk Fire-Rescue. In a mayday call at 4:45 p.m., the crew of the schooner reported one person on board was injured.

When the mayday call came in, Chief Justin Cooper was nearby in his charter fishing boat, FV Off Duty, and responded along with the charter boat FV Noreaster. The schooner crew had already put everyone in life preservers and bandaged the injured passenger, officials said.

The injured woman and her husband were transferred to Cooper’s boat and taken to Government Wharf in Kennebunkport. The woman and a person from the fishing boat were taken to a hospital in Biddeford with minor injuries, according to fire-rescue officials.

The schooner crew was able to stop the vessel from taking on more water and the schooner made its way toward the river under its own power with an escort from the Noreaster and the Kennebunk/Kennebunkport harbormaster.

The collision caused a diesel leak from the fishing boat that Kennebunkport fire crews and the Maine Department of Environmental Protection were cleaning up Thursday night. Some of the diesel went out of the river to the Gooch’s Beach area, prompting an advisory that people avoid swimming in the area until Friday morning.

The cause of the collision is being investigated by the Coast Guard and Maine Marine Patrol.