RedactedNarrative: On 05/19/2019 at approximately 6:20 PM, I, Officer First Class of the Maryland Natural Resources Police was on boat patrol in the Chesapeake Bay with Officer of the same agency when we received a call from the DNR communications center that a canoe had flipped over and a drowning had occurred in Trippe Creek on the Tred Avon River.  
  
  Officer1 made contact with the Talbot County EMS via Phone call. 
  
  There was a group of individuals who were with the victim when the incident occurred. The group was at the address to fish after they were given permission to be there by the caretaker, the group of fishermen also brought a canoe to go out on. 
  
  The witnesses advised that the victim, Operator and his cousin Subject1, decided to take the canoe out on the water in Trippe Creek while the rest stayed on shore. The Property has a large backyard and a long dock over the water (see attached photographs). After paddling out into the center of the creek, Subject1 said that Operator started playing around and rocking the canoe back and forth which caused it to roll over and capsize. 
  
  Subject1 grabbed the canoe and held onto it for floatation as there were no Personal Flotation Devices onboard or being worn by both individuals. Operator floated away from the canoe and began to panic splashing and waving his arms and yelling. Both individuals had never been on a boat before according to Subject1 and the other witnesses. 
  
  One person on shore ran down to the water and swam towards Operator to help him, as he got close to Operator, Operator began to pull down on Subject2 and Subject2 had to pull away as he was exhausted from the long swim out . Operator then went under the water for approximately 2 minutes and Subject2 dove down to grab him and pulled him up. Subject2 said that at that time Operator was unresponsive, Subject2 then started swimming back to shore pulling Operator along with him. 
  
  At this time a small vessel showed up with 2 individuals onboard and pulled them both from the water and took them back to the dock. Subject1 who was with the canoe was able to swim back to the dock safely. A Gentleman on the vessel began administering CPR on Operator on the dock while waiting for EMS to arrive. Once EMS arrived Operator was then transported to the Easton Memorial Hospital where Officer met with Operator’s legal guardian to explain the incident. Operator was then later flown to shock trauma in Baltimore in critical condition where the SOD investigator was responding for his investigation.
  I was unable to get information of the individual on the vessel that assisted Operator out of the water and administered CPR as he had left the area prior to our arrival.
  
  All events occurred in Talbot County Maryland. The canoe was a 15ft Coleman canoe that was red in color and had two flotation pods as seats. Subject2 was the owner of the canoe and the one who brought it. The only items on the canoe during the incident were 2 paddles which were not recovered. The Hull identification number of the canoe is CP220163F898. Subject3 described the depth of the water as being approximately 8-9ft deep where the incident occurred.
  
  There was no indication that alcohol was a factor in the incident. This event occurred in Talbot County Maryland.
  