RedactedNarrative: =On Saturday July 6, 2019 at approximately 2326hrs, I, Corporal of the Maryland Natural Resources Police responded to a boat accident at Long Beach Marina located on Frog Mortar Creek in Middle River, Baltimore County, Maryland. My dispatcher told me that the accident involved one vessel resting on top of another at the marina. I arrived at the accident scene at approximately 2338hrs.
  
  On scene I observed a white cabin Seaswirl motorboat bearing registration MD 3314 BS resting on top of and across the port side bow of a white/blue Crownline cabin motorboat bearing registration MD 0529 BX and docked in slip B-14. This occurred at Long Beach Marina in the water between piers B and C. The Seaswirl also struck a Smoker Craft pontoon motor boat bearing registration ND 449 JO that was located in pier slip B-12 and it was wedged in between the Crownline and the pontoon boat. (See attached photo)
  
  I was advised by Bowleys Quarters Fire Department personnel that there were two (2) occupants in the Seaswirl when the accident occurred. Occupant was uninjured and Operator suffered an injury to her left hand. There was blood visible within the seating area and rear (aft) deck of the Seaswirl from Operator's injury (see attached photos). Operator was already in a Baltimore County Fire Department medic unit when I arrived on scene. I was told that Operator was being transported to Franklin Square Medical Center for treatment. Off. drove to the hospital to meet Operator and obtain her statement. The Crownline and Smoker Craft were unoccupied at the time of the accident.
  
  The marina was crowded with people around the accident scene so I asked if anyone was a witness to the accident. I obtained witness statements from five people who told me they witnessed the accident (see attached statements). There were corroborating statements that the Seaswirl at some point went up on "plane", accelerated suddenly, and collided with the docked Crownline and Smoker Craft vessels. 
  
  I was told by Baltimore County Police Officer that she administered Standardized Field Sobriety Tests to Occupant and she did not find that he was intoxicated. Also, Baltimore County Police Officer administered a preliminary breath test to Occupant with a result of .06 BAC, below the legal limit of .08 BAC.
  
  I then met with Occupant to get his account of the events surrounding the accident. I could not smell alcoholic beverage on his breath or person and he did not appear to be impaired. Occupant told me that he and Operator were visiting friends at Long Beach Marina to watch the fireworks. After the fireworks they motored out of the marina and then realized that they had forgotten a dock line on a piling in slip C-14. They then returned to the marina and Occupant backed the boat into slip C-14. Occupant retrieved the dock line and then he told Operator to put their vessel's throttle in forward gear. This resulted in their vessel accelerating quickly and crashing into the vessels on B pier. 
  
  On July 6, while I was still investigating at the accident scene, the Long Beach Marina director of operations showed me surveillance camera footage of the accident in his office. Per surveillance camera footage, the Seaswirl vessel arrived in slip C-14 at 9:07 PM on July 6. At 10:50 PM the Seaswirl vessel leaves the slip and exits the marina piers and enters the main body of water of Frog Mortar Creek. At 11:09 PM the Seaswirl vessel returns to slip C-14 and backs into the slip in a slow and controlled manner. The vessel's speed was slow and I estimated it to be less than 6 knots up to this point. The vessel's red, green, and all around white light were illuminated. Then at approximately 11:10 PM the Seaswirl vessel moves forward out of slip C-14, slow at first, and then accelerates suddenly and turns sharply to the left. The Seaswirl vessel then crashes into the Smoker Craft's stern and then ramps up onto the top of the port side bow of the Crownline, where it ultimately comes to rest. Due to darkness and camera angle, the surveillance camera footage does not show positioning of Occupant and Operator within their vessel prior to and after the accident occurred.
  
  Chesapeake Marine was contracted by Occupant to remove his vessel from the scene that evening and it was put on its trailer and secured in the parking lot of Long Beach Marina.
  
  On July 7th I returned to Long Beach Marina to take more photos of the damage sustained to the three vessels involved in the accident. The Crownline had a broken handrail on the port side and the top of the cabin was crushed in (See attached photos). The Smoker Craft sustained damage to its outboard motor. The motor's plastic covering was crushed and a piece of the motor's metal lower unit was broken off. The Smoker Craft's starboard pontoon was bent in at its bow, where the force of the impact pushed it into the floating pier. The Seaswirl sustained damage, chipped fiberglass, on the keel of the bow and the hull chines.
  
  On July 7th, Corporal and I met with Occupant and Operator at their residence. I obtained a voluntary statement from Occupant (see attached). My investigation concluded that the statement from Occupant regarding his vessel's movement prior to and during the accident match what I witnessed on the surveillance camera footage. In explained what caused the accident, Occupant stated, "I grabbed the (dock) line while Operator engaged the throttle. Apparently the throttle was engaged too aggressively causing the boat to surge forward. While the boat was moving forward we were unable to grab the wheel or throttle." Operator showed me the extent of her injury (see attached photo). Her left hand suffered small cuts on the ring finger and on the top of her hand that required sutures (see attached photo). Operator could not recall what her hand struck within the vessel that caused the cuts. 
  
  My investigation of this boat accident is complete.
  
  All events occurred in Baltimore County, Maryland.
  