RedactedNarrative: On 07/02/2017 at approximately 1530 hours I, Officer First Class of the Maryland Natural Resources Police, was on patrol aboard NRP858 a fully marked patrol vessel. I received a call about a boat accident that had occurred in the area of Bahia Marina. The initial report was that there were injuries however upon my arrival EMS was clearing the scene as they had been called by a third party. 
  
  I made contact with the vessel operator, and he advised that he had a shifter/throttle malfunction that caused him to strike a docked vessel. Operator1 was operating a 22ft pontoon boat with a single 90HP Honda outboard bearing MD registration 3380CA. Operator1 advised that when he tried to shift into reverse to slow his vessel he continued to move in a forward direction. When Operator1 applied more throttle in reverse it sped up his forward momentum into the docked vessel. The docked vessel is a walk around Sport Craft bearing MD registration 5505CF. The collision caused damage to both vessels. 
  
  The owner of the docked vessel was notified by cell phone. The port side front railing on the pontoon boat was crushed and on the docked vessel there was fiberglass damage to the bow. Images are attached of the damage to both vessels as well as a statement from Operator1. Sgt., of the same agency, verified the shifter/throttle malfunction at the dock. Operator1 had his boat towed to a repair shop by SeaTow. 
  
  All Events Occurred in Worcester County, Maryland
  