RedactedNarrative: On July 3rd, 2017, I, Officer of the Maryland Natural Resources Police received a call from DNR Communications approximately 12:50PM about a sailboat colliding with the Kent Narrows drawbridge navigational light in Grasonville, Maryland. The call was received by the Kent Narrows drawbridge tender who was working at the time of the accident. I contacted fellow Officer to meet with Subject to get a written witness statement stating what happened. The sailboat collided with the southern west side drawbridge navigational light at approximately 12:00PM. Subject received a call several minutes after the accident from subject2 who was on a boat directly behind the sailboat at fault, witnessed the accident and took photographs of the vessel and bridge. The witness statement and photographs are both included in this report. 
  
        I  contacted the owner of the sailboat over the phone to get a statement of what happened. He stated that he was trying to time the drawbridge opening so that he did not hold up traffic for an extended period of time. He also stated that due to a combination of trying to rush the pass through and the strong current, he lost control of his vessel and drifted into the drawbridge colliding with the hanging navigational light.
        
        State Highway Association will be contacting owner in regards to reimbursement of the costs to fix the navigational light. No Natural Resource citations will be issued at this time.
     
     All events occurred in Queen Anne's County Maryland.
  