RedactedNarrative: On 07/03/2021 at approximately 2300 hours Maryland Natural Resources Police, was on marked patrol when I was notified by my dispatch that an individual had fallen off a boat near the Bellevue Boat Ramp in Bellevue, MD; the individual had already been removed from the water and was being transported to Easton Memorial Hospital in Easton, MD by EMS. I then proceeded to the hospital to meet with the individual.
  Upon my arrival at Easton Memorial Hospital, I was directed by medical personnel to the individual’s room. I then identified the individual who had fallen from the boat as VICTIM via a MD Driver’s License. VICTIM was conscious and responsive but unable to speak. I was then informed by the nurse that VICTIM had a permanent tracheostomy done in the past due to a prior medical condition and that when he had fallen off the boat, water had gotten into his airway through the tube which was now temporarily keeping him from being able to speak. She then said as long as they avoid infection, VICTIM would recover fine.
  VICTIM had a whiteboard and marker to which I was able to communicate with him. I then proceeded to ask him if he could tell me what had happened. He told me that they were on their way back from watching the fireworks show in Oxford, MD on his friend’s boat and as they pulled up to the dock in Bellevue, he fell overboard off the front of the boat. The next thing he remembered was he was out of the water and then taken to the hospital by ambulance. He said it all happened so fast that he doesn’t remember what caused him to fall in, how long he was in the water, or how he got out. It was only him and his friend, OPERATOR 1 who is the owner of the vessel, on the boat. OPERATOR 1 was operating the boat when VICTIM fell overboard.
  I was then met by OPERATOR 1 at the hospital who was towing the vessel (2001, White, Sea Pro 21’ Center Console, MD registration: MD 7242CB) that the incident occurred on. I then spoke with him about the events that had taken place. He told me that they were on their way in from watching the fireworks. He was operating the boat and as they pulled up to the dock in Bellevue, VICTIM had gone up to the front. He had just stopped the boat and went to the back to tie it to the dock when he heard a splash. He looked up and saw that VICTIM had fallen off the boat and into the water. At that time he and some bystanders that were on the dock pulled him out of the water. He stated VICTIM had only been in the water a short moment before they had him out. Once they had him safely out of the water, OPERATOR 1 then called 911 at which time EMS arrived and transported VICTIM to the hospital in Easton.
  All events occurred in Talbot County, MD.
  