RedactedNarrative: On 8/16/19 at approximately 2159 hours I received radio communications through Garrett Central dispatch of an ongoing boat accident at the 219 bridge and Lakeshore Drive area.I arrived on scene at  2201 to find a white Monterey motorboat tied up to the dock.  The vessel had sustained damage to the starboard side.  There were multiple passengers including an injured passenger on the dock.  Deep Creek Fire Company and Northern Rescue Squad arrived on scene and checked all eight occupants of the vessel.  One juvenile was transported with a parent to Garrett Regional Medical Center for treatment to a lacerated right knee and fractured left leg.  The other occupants of the vessel signed treatment refusals after being checked out at the scene.
  
  The vessel was owned by a passenger on board.  The vessel was operated by the owner’s girlfriend.
  
  Operator stated that Owner was drinking and she would not let him operate the boat but he was by her side angrily yelling instructions at how to drive the boat. Operator stated this made her nervous and she did not see the marker lights on the 219 bridge. Operator stated her attention was on the marker buoy that Owner thought was a boat. The vessel struck the bridge abutment while passing under the bridge headed north.  The vessel was traveling on plane at approximately 35 knots. Operator stated the vessel came to an immediate stop and everyone was thrown about.  Owner then drove the boat over to the nearest dock and tied up.  One of the occupants of the boat called 911 and ascertained the address of the dock.
  
  The boat had severe damage with a crack running from the waterline to the gunnel.
  The juvenile was treated and released at the hospital.
  Operator was able to drive the boat home from the scene.
  Officer  transported some of the passengers back to where they were staying and some family members were uninjured but rode with the victim in the squad.
  Operator was subsequently charged with Negligent operation of a vessel and Failure to maintain a proper lookout.
   
  Operator was being treated for a swollen left knee, swollen left arm and possible head trauma resulting from the accident on Friday evening. Operator also advised earlier in the day on Friday while the boat was tied at the dock, she was cleaning the boat when her right knee gave out and she fell down on the boat deck, striking her left knee and scraping her legs. Operator believes she further injured her legs, arms and head during the collision with the bridge piling on Friday evening. Operator advised she took Ibuprofen over the weekend and rested, but the swelling was not receding so she drove to the hospital to be treated.
  
  All events occurred in Garrett County, Maryland.
  