RedactedNarrative: On 1/1/15 at 1534 Officers responded to a boat accident that occurred on Hooper’s Island, MD.  The boat involved had been secured at Riverside Lodge on Hooper’s Island upon our arrival.  The victims were being transported to PRMC Trauma Unit and Dorchester General Hospital.  This officer interviewed two witnesses from a second vessel that was at the scene of the accident.  Other NRP officers were dispatched to the medical facilities listed to collect witness statements from the injured parties.
  
  It appears that two boats departed the dock at the Riverside Lodge on Hooper’s Island at 1445 hours.  The vessel involved in the accident, Vessel #1 had three passengers onboard sitting together on one bench seat facing backwards.  
  
  Vessel #2 had two passengers onboard.  
  
  Both vessels were heading Northerly towards Bentleys to go duck hunting.  Approximately ¼ mile from the dock there are two aids to navigation, marking a channel that runs East to West.  The leading vessel, Vessel #2, passed close to portside of the channel markers.  The second vessel, Vessel #1 was following in the first vessels wake and struck the second of two channel markers.  
  
  The operator and two of the passenger were ejected into the water, and one person remained in the vessel due to his right ankle being trapped by the bench seat resulting in his right leg being broken in two places.  
  
  Victim2 was reportedly unconscious and face down in the water.  Victim1 sustained a broken right leg.  The operator did not sustain any injuries.  Vessel #2 witnessed vessel #1 striking the piling, turned around and assisted in pulling two of the persons in the water into their vessel.  A third vessel that was in the area removed the third person from the water.  All persons were transported back to the dock at the Riverside Lodge on Hooper’s Island.  EMS was contacted at approximately 1500 hours.
  
  The operator of Vessel #1 reported that the outboard motor started acting up and he looked back to adjust the trim.  The next thing he remembers is he was in the water.  Based on this officers training, knowledge and experience the operator did not have a look out and when he looked back to adjust the motor the vessel drifted to starboard and struck the channel marker.
  
  Vessel #1 sustained damage to the starboard bow and the bench seat was broken on the starboard side.  The bench seat had been torn away from the starboard gunwale and is consistent with the report of victim3’s leg being trapped in the vessel.   All firearms were reportedly recovered and are accounted for.
  
  Ambulance #500, Run # 16000035. Dispatch 1520, Arrival on scene1548. Ambulance #100, Run # 16000003, Dispatch 1527, Arrival on scene 1559.  Ambulance #101, Run # 16000003, Dispatch 1545, Arrival on Scene 1626.  MSP Trooper 7 Helicopter Run # 16-00013, 16-00015, Dispatch 1544, Arrival on scene 1609.
    
    A watercraft Accident Report has been submitted.
  
  All events occurred in Dorchester County.