RedactedNarrative: On July 9, 2017, at approximately 1:53PM, I responded to a call for a boat accident on the Conococheague Creek at Broadfording Road.  Due to the high water, debris collected below the bridge and blocked all three passage ways.  I arrived on scene at approximately 2:13PM.  By the time I arrived, all of the boats and occupants were out of the water and Washington County EMS was on scene (Run #1715900).  I observed two subjects in an ambulance being prepared for transport to Meritus Medical Center in Hagerstown.  
  
   I made contact with the two subjects in the ambulance and identified them.  Operator2 was visibly shaken from the accident but did not have any apparent injuries other than some scrapes and bruises.  V2’s son had a cut above his right eye and some bruising on the right side of his face.  I asked Operator2 what happened.  
  
  Operator2 explained they were floating down the river and observed all of the passage ways under the bridge were blocked with wood debris from the previous rain storms.  Operator2 stated she could not stop her canoe as she neared the passage way and struck her husband's canoe which was hung up on a log.  Operator2 stated her vessel capsized after striking the other vessel.  Operator2 advised she and her son went into the water and were sucked under the debris.  Operator2 stated her husband, Operator1, rescued them out of the water on the other side of the bridge.
  
   After the ambulance departed, I made contact with Operator1.  I asked Operator1 to describe the boat accident to me.  I noted that Operator1' depiction was identical to what Operator2 had told me.  Operator1 stated once he observed the navigational hazard, he tried to get his boat to shore but the water was moving too fast.  Operator1 explained his canoe hit the log blocking the passage ways forcing his vessel to turn sideways becoming hung up on the debris.  Operator1 advised the other canoe, unable to stop, broadsided his vessel on the rear starboard side.  Operator1 stated his wife's canoe then capsized.  
  
   I asked Operator1 if anyone else was in his wife's canoe at the time of the accident.  Operator1 stated subject1 was seated in the front of Operator2' canoe.  Operator1 advised when the vessel capsized, Subject1 was able to self-rescue.  I asked Operator1 who was occupying his canoe during the accident.  Operator1 advised his son was in the middle of his vessel and Subject2 was in the front.  Operator1 stated they made it to shore safely after the accident.  
  
   Operator1 advised there were three life jackets in each boat, but only the children were wearing them at the time of the accident.  Operator1 advised he has routinely made this same float on the Conococheague for the past 15 years and has never seen debris collect on the bridge as it did that day.  Operator1 admitted to having three Pabst Blue Ribbon beers before the accident.  Based on my observations, alcohol was a factor in the accident.  
  
   I photographed the vessels and the log blocking the aqueduct (See attached photographs).  There was only cosmetic damages done to the vessels.  I asked Operator1 if he would give me a written statement describing the accident.  Operator1 agreed and provided me a written statement (See attached statement).
  
   I cleared the scene at approximately 3:15PM.
  
   At approximately 3:50PM, I arrived at Meritus Medical Center in Hagerstown to assess the injuries.  I met them in the emergency room area.  Son’s only injuries were the cut above the right eye and the bruising on the right side of his face.  Operator2 was in better spirits but had minor cuts/scrapes and some swelling of her left leg.  An X-ray was performed on her leg but Operator2 advised nothing was broken.  Operator2 advised the doctor ordered a precautionary CT scan of her brain since she had undergone brain surgery in 2013.
  
   All events occurred in Washington County, Maryland.
  