RedactedNarrative: On 05/30/2022 at approximately 2004 hours, I, Corporal  of the Maryland Natural Resources Police, received a call on my personal cell phone from a subject reporting a property damage boat accident on the Potomac River. The subject advised he and four other subjects were floating the Potomac River at Wiley Ford around 1500 hours.  Subject1 was in a Canoe with his wife. Three others were in a 12 ft Pelican Jon Boat. At approximately 1600 hours, the subjects in the Pelican Jon Boat got into heavy rapids, turned sideways and capsized. All subjects were wearing PFD's and were able to get the Maryland shore line. 
  
   Subject1 contacted me once they got back to their residence. I met  with Subject1 and drove with him to the area along the Potomac River where the jon boat was located. I was able to access the jon boat from the Maryland shore line ( See attached photographs of destroyed vessel). The jon boat was along the Maryland shore line wrapped around a tree. The jon boat was bent in half from the water pressure. The jon boat was not a hazard to navigation and was secured to the shoreline. I advised DNR Communications to contact the National Park Service in case they received calls about the boat. No injuries occurred and the jon boat is a total loss. Based on my internet research of the 12 ft jon boat, I discovered the vessel was recommended for only two people and a weight capacity of 420 lbs. I told Subject1 once the river water level goes down later this summer, to get the Jon Boat out of the water. 
  
  Operator  was issued the following Natural Resources Warning
    -NR 8-704, 08.18.01.05B -  Negligent Operation of a vessel.
  
                                                                                            All events occurred in Allegany County, Maryland.
  