RedactedNarrative: Around 9:40 p.m. on September 1, 2019, I (Corporal of the Maryland Natural Resources Police) was on patrol in Wicomico County, Maryland when I received a call from dispatch of a possible boat accident that occurred on the Wicomico River. The vessel was currently located at Webster's Cove in Somerset County, Maryland at the boat ramp while the operator and a victim were being transported to Peninsula Regional Medical Center. Officer, also of the Maryland Natural Resources Police, arrived on scene of Webster’s Cove Marina to assess the situation while myself and Lt. responded to the hospital.
  
      At 9:45 p.m., they arrived on scene to a vessel displaying a Maryland registration number of 4763DB on a 25 foot Sea Hawk vessel that was already loaded on a trailer at the ramp. They later explained to me that the only vessel occupant still at the boat ramp told officers that the operator and vessel owner was operating the vessel at the time of the incident. 
  
  Both Operator and Subject were attempting to turn down the brightness of the GPS display while the vessel was traveling about 20 miles per hour. Subject said he looked up and saw a red channel marker. They tried to turn the boat but were unable to avoid the collision and the vessels starboard side struck the red #24 day marker. He told officers that victim was previously seated in the rear of the vessel in a folding chair but after the accident he looked back and saw her on the floor with blood coming from her head. He called 911 while the vessel continued towards Webster’s Cove where it was met by EMS.
  
      I arrived at PRMC and met with the vessel operator and his wife. Operator explained that he was operating the boat when the GPS was going in and out of service. He was trying to get it turned back on when he looked up and saw a red channel marker in front of his boat. He tried to turn to avoid the collision but struck the day marker with the starboard bow area of the vessel. He noticed his wife, Victim, on the deck of the vessel and bleeding from a two inch laceration to her head. They then took the boat into the harbor and met with EMS and soon transported to PRMC for further treatment.
  
      I detected a light odor of alcoholic beverages coming from Operator’ person through our interactions. I asked him to submit to a battery of Standardized Field Sobriety Testing and he agreed. The test was performed outside the hospital on a smooth well lit surface. Operator did not perform the testing to my satisfaction and was placed under arrest for operating a vessel under the influence of alcohol at 10:29 p.m. Operator agreed to take the intoximeter test at 10:37 p.m. and was transported to the Maryland State Police barracks in Salisbury. At 11:13 p.m. Operator gave a breath sample of .04 grams of alcohol per 210 liters of breath. At 11:41 p.m. Operator was transported back to PRMC where he met with his wife who was released from the hospital minutes later. Operator received one citation related to the boat accident and was released.
  