RedactedNarrative: On Friday October 14, 2016 at 0230 hours in the morning, the Harbor Patrol Unit out of the District of Columbia received a call from the United States Coast Guard for a vessel that had struck an unknown object near the USCG Buoy Marker #6, just North of the Woodrow Wilson Bridge and was taking on water. (Lat. 38.79, Long -77.02). 
  
  Officer operating vessel 808 responded to the scene to find a Red and White, 19 foot, Polar 1900 Center Console boat completely submerged and capsized. The vessel appeared to be unoccupied at the time of the arrival and almost completely submerged. Officer and Fire boat 3 attempted to upright the vessel however it had taken on too much water for it to be up righted. A cursory search of the vessel was completed for any victims which yielded negative results. The vessel was then taken into police custody and towed to the safest and shortest location Old Town Alexandria Virginia. 
  
  Upon further investigation, Harbor Patrol was able to make contact with a witness and good samaritan to the accident. The witness stated he was fishing in the same location when he observed a boat at a high rate of speed coming into a NO WAKE zone. It was at that time when heard a loud crash. He went towards the direction of the crash and located a completely disabled vessel with five individuals still on board. It had appeared the vessel had struck the Red USCG Navigational Buoy while on plane. The witness/fisherman attempted to tow the vessel but the vessel was taking on too much water due to the significant amount of damage. The witness/fisherman then had all five passengers exit the capsized vessel and board his vessel. He took all five passengers to the Dominion Yacht Club located on the Alexandria Shore Line. All five passengers then left the scene prior to the police arriving on the scene and without reporting the accident to the police. The fisherman/witness then called the United States Coast Guard to report a vessel had struck an object in the water near Old Town Alexandria.  
  
  The vessel was impounded and towed to DC Harbor Patrol during the daylight hours on October 14, 2016. 
  
  At 1400 hours Sergeant was able to obtain contact information for the owner of the vessel through the boat registration number. The owner was contacted and questioned about the details of the accident. Owner stated he thought he struck a log however he was unsure. When asked why he left the scene and failed to report and accident with injuries, Owner did not have a reason. Owner never attempted to make contact with the police, the police had to track down Owner. 
  
  Owner did respond to the Harbor Patrol Branch to pay his fees and take possession of his vessel. Owner sustained a one inch laceration above his eye which required 5-10 stitches.
  
  Additional Observations:
  
  Cooler with empty and full beer bottles
  *It is not known whether the operator was impaired at the time of the accident due to him leaving the scene prior to police arrival.