RedactedNarrative: On November 6th, 2016 at approximately 1450 hours, I responded to the Choptank River in the area of Hambrooks bar off of Maple street in Cambridge for a report of a vessel which had run aground and had one occupant with injuries. I, along with Officer First Class, arrived on scene at approximately 1510 hours, and observed a 50 foot cabin motorboat, blue and white in color, with a documented name of: “American Flyer” and a hailing port of: Annapolis, MD. I observed a white center console fire rescue vessel near the stern of the motorboat, as crew members were boarding the vessel. I asked the captain of the fire rescue vessel if he needed our help with anything, and he advised they were working on getting the victim ‘packaged up’ for transport to the hospital. I asked how many people were on board when the accident occurred, and he advised “4.” 
  
  Shortly after, another rescue vessel which I observed to be a white Carolina Skiff, arrived on scene, and docked up to the center console. Rescue crews extracted the victim; a female, and transported her on the skiff to Great Marsh Park where she was taken by ambulance to Dorchester General Hospital. The other two passengers on board boarded the center console rescue vessel, and were transported to Great Marsh Park as well. 
  
  After all rescue vessel’s cleared the scene, I boarded the cabin motorboat, and dropped off Officer who made contact with the vessel’s operator. Operator told OFC he and his passengers were in route to Annapolis, and were at cruising speed when he hit a sandbar. Operator stated that Victim had been sitting by the entrance to the galley, and the force of impact from the vessel running aground propelled Victim into the galley causing her injury. Operator also advised he estimated the cost of damage to his boat to be $1600-3000 because his propellers had been damaged in the incident. 
  
  Prior to clearing with Operator, he requested a radio check to insure his VHF was in proper working order-which we confirmed. He advised TowBoat US had a 30 minute estimated time of arrival to his location and that he would be okay to wait with his vessel until they arrived. We cleared with Operator at approximately 1610 hours. 
  
  At this time, Corporal advised he had made contact with the other occupants of the vessel, as well as the victim and obtained all their information. According to Subject1-who was standing [to the left] next to the captain during the accident-the vessel was cruising when it ran aground, and then came to an abrupt stop. He said Victim had been sitting by the entrance to the galley, and had fallen down into the galley during impact causing injury. The other passenger, Subject2, who was sitting toward the stern, confirmed Subject1’s story. Corporal stated the victim is an emergency room charge nurse at Anne Arundel Medical Center, and she believed she had a broken ankle, a facial laceration (which will require plastic surgery), and possible broken ribs. 
  
  It should be noted that there was a small craft advisory in affect for the Choptank River during this incident because the wind was blowing North/Northeast at 18-25 mph. Additionally, the low tide mark was at 1434, and the tide at this time was still very low. Also, vessel traffic was light to medium, as there were several boats trolling/fishing in the river. Operator advised he was aware of the shoal in that area, but didn't believe he was that close to it. Based upon the vessel's proximity to the white "danger" buoy, I believe Operator cut the shoal too close which caused him to run aground.
  
  All above events occured in Dorchester County, MD
  