RedactedNarrative: On Monday June 25th, 2018 at approximately 11:30 AM, I (Officer of The Maryland Natural Resources Police) received a call from DNR dispatch center for a PI vessel accident that had just occurred on the Chester River in Queen Anne’s County. The information that was given to me at the time of the call was that Coastguard Sector Annapolis had a vessel on scene and was following the sailing vessel into shore so the patient could be transported into the ambulance at Piney Narrows Yacht Club. Due to underlying conditions of the patient they could not transport her between vessels and she had to stay on the sailboat until reaching the dock.
  
   I arrived on scene at Piney Narrows Yacht Club at approximately 11:47 AM and met with the EMS personnel that were also staging at that location awaiting the Coast Guard to arrive with the victim. After approximately 10 minutes, I took two EMS personnel from Kent Island Volunteer Fire Company   onboard NRP 795 to meet with the vessels and drop of the paramedics so they could begin assessing the patient condition. I arrived on scene with the US Coast Guard boat out of sector Annapolis and the “Chances R” approximately 1 mile north of the entrance to the Kent Narrows from the Chester River, the patient was below deck the entire trip until she was transported off the boat at the dock at Piney Narrows. At the time of my arrival on scene the patient was stable with a neck brace placed on for precautionary measures. No other first aid was administered on scene or until Victim was at Anne Arundel Medical Center.  The sailboat was a 33 foot Hunter, white in color, USCG Documented vessel number 1192273 bearing the name “Chances R.” Chances R docked at Piney Narrows at approximately 12:40 PM. Upon docking, I spoke to the husband who was also the vessel operator up until the vessel was docked at Piney Narrows.
  
  Subject advised that his wife Victim fell when below deck of the sailboat. Subject said the boat was heading south down the main stem of the Chester River coming from Langford Creek heading towards the mouth of the river when Subject realized he had drifted from the channel and was in approximately four feet of water and briefly ran aground. He believes at this time is when his wife Victim fell and hit the front side of her head. Subject also said that Victim was in and out of consciousness for approximately 1-3 minutes, after this time frame he said that se stabilized and was back to her normal self besides some pain in her neck and head. Due to Victim’s underlying conditions, she was transported by ambulance to Anne Arundel medical center for precautionary test and scans. I have followed up with subject and learned that Victim has recovered and is back to a normal state of condition.
  
   The results of this investigation indicate that this incident should be classified as a personal injury boating accident resulting from a fall within the vessel. The cause of the incident is operator inattention to depth. 
  
   All events occurred in Queen Anne’s County Maryland. This case can be closed no further police investigation needed.
  