RedactedNarrative: On 10/15/17  I was notified by DNR communications of a minor injury boat accident with the victim being transported to Western Maryland hospital in Oakland.  I interviewed the victims mother at the hospital. 
  
  The victim was a 16 month old female who had fallen over and hit her head on the console as the boat had gotten under way.  The victim's mother was holding onto the strap on the child's PFD but there was enough slack in the strap to allow the child to fall a short distance.  The victim received a cut on her forehead requiring 3 stitches to close.  The victim was transported by Northern Rescue Squad to the hospital where she was treated and released.  No violation occurred.