RedactedNarrative: On September 3, 2019 at approximately 1906 hours Environmental Police Officer, was dispatched to the boat ramp at Colt State Park in Bristol, RI, for the report of a Medical Emergency. While en route to the scene, EPO was advised by Dispatch that a female party aboard a sailboat had sustained a head injury and was in and out of consciousness. The injured party was on a backboard and being attended to by the First Responders. 
  
  Victim was accompanied on the Fire Boat by subject1, who was aboard the sailboat and had witnessed the incident.  Subject1 explained that she and Victim were serving as crew aboard the S/V Brito which was participating in the weekly regatta, aka "The Tuesday Night Races" out of the Barrington Yacht Club.  Subject1 advised that Victim was on the bow of the vessel when the Jib Sheet came down upon her.  Subject1 explained that Victim had sustained bruises and scrapes on her lower Left leg during the fall and that the area had begun to swell.  Subject1 stated that Victim had briefly lost consciousness about three times Subject1 said that the vessel was being operated by the vessel's owner, at the time of the accident. 
  
  EPO responded to Rhode Island Hospital and interviewed Victim. Victim explained that she was on the bow of the vessel during the race and that the vessel was on Starboard tack and the crew was in the process of changing to Port.  Victim said that she was in the process of pulling the line when the Jib Sheet had become caught in the mast rigging.  Victim stated that another crew member kicked the line from the opposite side to get it to release.  This action caused slack on the line that she (Victim) was holding, causing her to lose her balance and fall backwards.  Victim explained that her legs slid under the railing of the vessel, causing injury to her Left leg.  Victim stated that she did not believe that She had sustained a Head Injury and that the brief closing of the eyes and lack of response were the result of the extreme pain she had experienced as a result of the injury to her leg.
  