RedactedNarrative: On Friday June 19, 2020 at approximately 2155 hours, I, OFC with the Maryland Natural Resources Police was dispatched to a boat accident with injuries at 1 Somerset Ave, Cambridge MD 21613 (Great Marsh Park).  When I arrived on scene at approximately 2206 hours, Dorchester Fire Department, Cambridge PD, and Dorchester Paramedic were already on scene.  I observed a white male sitting on the rear deck of the ambulance.  I asked him if he was the operator of the vessel, how many people were onboard, what had happened, and how he was doing.  I was able to detect a slight odor of an alcoholic beverage emanating from his person as he answered my questions.  He told me that he was the operator, he was the only person onboard, and that he was fine.  I noticed Operator was bleeding from his mouth, I asked him to open his mouth and noticed two wounds on his tongue.  He also showed me a wound on his left forearm.
  
  I asked him a second time what had happened, he replied that he was coming back from Bolingbroke and was following two guys back and then next thing he knew he had struck the break wall structure at the Great Marsh boat ramp.  I asked him where the other two men were and he told me they loaded their vessel on a trailer and had already left.  Witnesses at the scene advised me that there was not another vessel in the area and that Operator had in fact come from the direction of the boat ramp located at Franklin Street.  I asked Operator if he had any identification on him and he told me that it was in his wallet which was still on the vessel.
  
  I walked over to the vessel (2012 Allcraft Cayman 17 center console bearing Maryland registration 920CH) which was tied to the bulkhead, to retrieve his wallet and his ID, as well as inspect the damages to the vessel and the bulkhead.  I located Operator's wallet and phone sitting in a pool of water at the stern of the vessel just in front of the transom.  I observed disabling damage to the hull of the vessel.  The point of impact on the vessel appeared to be the port side bow.  The top of the bow had separated from the hull of the vessel exposing the fiberglass, the center console had been detached from the deck of the vessel, the GPS unit was broken from its mounting bracket and hanging by a wire, and the hull has a severe crack extending from the starboard side through the hull to the port side.
  
  I observed fiberglass from the vessel stuck in the piling at the point of impact.  The distance from the point of impact to shore was 19.1 yards as measured with my state issued range finder.  The location is well lit with bright light from street lights in the parking lot, lights on the bulkhead/break wall, as well as two functioning navigational lights at the entrance to the boat ramp.
  
  I also observed two empty cans of Twisted Tea and one shattered bottle of Heineken with the cap still on, on the forward portion of the deck.  I also observed a second empty bottle of Heineken wrapped in a brown paper bag along with four empty single serve bottles of Fireball whiskey in a cooler underneath the seat.  I observed blood in several locations to include: the center console near the throttle, on a storage compartment located at the back left corner of the deck, on the cooler located under the seat, and on the back of the seat.
  
  I walked back over to Operator to give him his phone and his wallet, at that time he handed me his ID out of his wallet.  A Cambridge Police Officer then walked me over to two gentlemen that were fishing and said they saw everything happen.  One of the fishermen told me that when the vessel struck the bulkhead, he heard someone yelling for help.  At that point he ran to his vehicle to retrieve a tow strap, ran over to the boat and threw his tow strap to the operator and helped him tie his boat up.  He then was able to help Operator get onto the pier and stayed with him until help arrived.  Witness1 told me that he was able to detect a strong odor of an alcoholic beverage emanating from Operator's breath.  Witness1 also advised me that Operator was operating the vessel without the boat's navigation lights turned on.  I asked Witness1  if he would fill out a NRP-425A (witness stamen) to which he agreed.  That document will be scanned in and attached to this report.
  
  At approximately 2235 hours, Dorchester Paramedic transported Operator to Dorchester General Hospital, hereafter referred to as DGH.  OFC arrived on scene so that I could go to DGH and meet back up with Operator.  SGT and I arrived to DGH at approximately 2246 hours.  At 2258 hours, Operator was read the NRP-482 (advice of rights form) and asked him if he would consent to a blood test to which he agreed and signed the form.  At 2303 hours, Operator's blood sample was taken by a nurse and properly packaged.
  
  Charges are pending the results of the blood test.
   
  The weather conditions for the night of Friday June 19, 2020 at the location were:
  Air temp: 70 degrees Fahrenheit
  Winds: SE at 1mph
  Seas: less than 1ft
  Water temp: 75 degrees Fahrenheit
  Visibility: Good
  Light: Dark with artificial lighting from street lights in the parking lot and bulkhead
   
  Dorchester Paramedic report number is: 8294.
  All events occurred in Dorchester County, MD.
  