(LAGRANGE TOWNSHIP) – Two Southwest Michigan men were accidentally electrocuted Saturday.

Cass County Sheriff Richard Behnke says his department and other emergency personnel were called to 61272 Dailey Road in LaGrange Township at 1:20 Saturday afternoon.

Deputies say 31 year old Austin Francis of Kalamazoo and Cassopolis, and his 19 year old brother Lane Francis of Cassopolis, were moving a sailboat when the mast struck a power line running to the house.

Both men were electrocuted and moved away from the boat by rescuers. CPR and AED's were administered to the brothers at the scene. They were then both flown to South Bend Memorial Hospital for treatment.

They were later transported to a Fort Wayne hospital where they are both in stable condition.

The Pokagon Tribal Police, Cass Central Fire Department, Pride Care Ambulance and Med-Flight assisted deputies at the scene. The matter remains under investigation.