RedactedNarrative: Pre- Vessel Contact
  At 2237 hours, I, Officer First Class with the Natural Resources Police, was on routine vessel patrol in Middle River near the number 10 channel marker on Marked NRP Vessel 892. I received a call from Natural Resources Police Dispatch for a vessel collision in the area of Sue Creek. I immediately responded and went enroute to the area of the vessel collision. While under way, I saw three vessels in the middle of Middle River in between Sue Creek and Galloway Creek. The three vessels were all touching and temporarily being held in place by hand and/or line. At this time, the Baltimore County Police Helicopter was on scene. There was no immediate damage to vessels, but all vessel occupants advised that they had been in an accident. Approximate GPS location of the boat accident was N 39.299439, W-76.392768.
  
  Vessel Contact
  I immediately asked each vessel if all parties were accounted for, or if anybody was in the water. All people were accounted for. I asked all participants involved in the accident to put on their personal flotation device. I asked all persons involved if there were any injuries. Two individuals on an inflatable dinghy (MD Registration 1293CF), advised me that they were injured. 
  
  The female passenger stated that she had a large bump on the back of her head but her husband is bleeding from the face and may have a concussion. Subject1 said that he was having trouble remembering what happened and kept asking the same question repeatedly. During this conversation I did see blood and bruises on Subject2’s face. Subject2 was also holding a water bottle on his face to try and reduce swelling. Subject1 and Subject2 were both showing symptoms of shock. Subject2 and Subject1 were wearing life jackets checking while I asked of their injuries. I asked Subject1 and Subject2 if they were able to board my vessel so I could take them to shore. Subject1 stated that she was unable to move. I was able to assist Subject1 into my patrol vessel with the help of a witness. 
  
  Subject2 immediately jumped up and hopped into my patrol vessel. At this time, I obtained driver’s licenses and/or vessel registration from each party and vessel on scene. During this time, I noticed that the dinghy occupied by Subject2 and Subject1 did not have red and green navigational lights as required but did have an all-around white navigational light as required. Subject3 then handed me a portable, battery powered red and green navigational light. Subject3 stated that he had found the red and green navigational lights floating in the water adjacent to the dinghy. Subject1 was able to Identify the portable light and stated that the lights were attached to the front of the vessel and lit while underway. At the time the lights were handed to me, both the green and the red lights were on and shining brightly as required by USCG navigational rules. With the red and green lights, and the white all-around navigational light, the dinghy was properly lit per USCG navigational rules. At this time, I gave all parties involved orders to meet me at the Baltimore Yacht Club fuel pier in Sue Creek. The fuel pump was about 10 minutes away via vessel. 
  
  Once EMS had left the scene, Cpl. and I proceeded to interview Subject3, the witness and operator of the witness vessel bearing Maryland registration MD 5128BG, and Operator1 and V1 owner of a white center console motorboat bearing Maryland registration MD 9789AS.  All three individuals consented to make written statements. All written statements will be added to the attachment section of this report. After all written statements were completed; I asked V1 owner what he remembered happening prior to, during, and just after the accident. 
  
  V1 owner stated that he and Operator1 had been anchored near Pleasure Island, across from Hart Miller Island earlier in the day. He stated that they were just hanging out for the day and that they did not consume any alcoholic beverages throughout the day and did not possess any alcoholic beverages on his vessel.  V1 owner stated that he had let Operator1 operate his vessel. He said Operator1 had a boater safety certificate through Maryland and had a lot of experience on boats. While Operator1 operated the vessel from the center console of the boat, V1 owner remained at the helm immediately to the left of Operator1.  A check of V1 owner showed that he did possess a boater safety certificate through the Natural Resources Police.
  
  V1 owner stated that while heading into Middle River in a northwesterly direction at about 20kts, he saw a vessel about 15-20 yards away with no navigational lights displayed. He said, “Our starboard hit their port.” He later said, “We were heading into Middle River and the dinghy came from Galloway and headed towards sue.” Throughout the interview, V1 owner was upset and repeatedly said that he thought more people were in the water, there were no navigational lights on the dinghy that his vessel struck, and he couldn’t see the dinghy until he hit it. V1 owner said that as soon as he saw the dinghy coming from Galloway, he immediately tried to shift the vessel into neutral and grab the steering wheel from Operator1. V1 owner was unsure what part of his vessel had hit the dinghy. At the conclusion of the interview, I performed a check of V1 owner’s eyes for nystagmus. V1 owner showed no signs of impairment during the HGN check, and no signs of impairment in speech, or movement. 
  
  Operator1 did have difficulty moving and appeared in pain. He stated that he was sore and in pain from his job as a welder. I asked Operator1 if he needed to be seen by EMS. He refused to be seen by EMS.  
  