RedactedNarrative: On 7/19/16 at 1330 hours, I, Cpl. #1 was dispatched to a boat accident on C&D Canal, Chesapeake City, Maryland.  Once on scene, fireboard was bringing the vessel occupants to shore at the Army Corp Boat ramp. 
       Operator1, and his passenger, Passenger1, were riding in a 19' Regal, DL xxxx xx, east bound in the canal at approximately 21 mph.  Operator1 stated he dropped a water bottle on to the floor and was trying to retrieve it when all of the sudden they hit the rocks along the canal.  Operator1 stated "I apparently took too long trying to get the water bottle." Passenger1 was sitting in the left front passenger seat and was launched forward into the cuddy cabin.  She struck her head on something, cutting it. 
       Passenger1 was taken to Union hospital.  She got 6 staples on her head.  She had a concussion and a bruised knee.  Operator1 refused treatment and said he just had a bruised shoulder.  Vessel was recovered by Tow boat US and put back on the owner's trailer, who is Operator1's son in law, and trailered back home.
       Operator1 was issued a citation for a Rules of the Road violation, "Failure to maintain a proper lookout".  All events occurred in Cecil County Maryland.
  