RedactedNarrative: On August 25th 2018 at approximately 8:20pm I, Officer First Class received a call about a boat accident that occurred at the Capsize restaurant in Oxford, MD. I was informed by our DNR Communications center that the Coast Guard and the Talbot County Sheriff's office also responded to the incident and that there were no injuries. I arrived on scene at approximately 9:15pm and observed 2 vessels tied up to the Capsize restaurant's dock that had been damaged. I then spoke to the victim about what had happened and also had him fill out a witness/victim statement. Subject1 stated at approximately 7:30 pm he was sitting and eating at the restaurant then about 30 minutes later saw a blue powerboat leave his slip and heard a loud engine noise. He then walked out and noticed the damage done to his vessel and also 2 pilling's at the dock and that the blue powerboat began to return to the dock. I then checked the damage on Subject1's vessel (2018 Sea Ray SPX-210 MD 2885CT) and it was located on the starboard side near the stern and consisted of several small areas where the gel coat had been chipped off down to the fiberglass. There was nobody on the vessel at the time of the incident and no injuries.
  I then spoke to the suspect about what had happened and also got a written statement. Operator2 stated that he went to put his boat into reverse to back out of the slip and thought he was going to hit a pilling behind him then proceeded to push the throttle forward but over corrected several times in forward and reverse and panicked striking 2 pilling's and Subject1's boat who's slip was beside him. I then asked Operator2 if he had anything to drink tonight and he said he had a margarita and a glass of wine over a period of 3 hours. Cpl was also there at the scene and began to perform a field sobriety test to check to see if he was under the influence of alcohol. The test had negative results and Operator2 was not under the Influence of alcohol. I then checked Operator2's vessel ( 2017 Cobalt R-27 MD7922CS) for damage, there was a significant amount of damage to the bow of the vessel to include fiberglass damage and the rub rail torn off, the bowl anchor pulpit was also hanging down and bent. Near the stern of the vessel there was a large crack in the center of the swim platform and also a rail was taken off on the starboard side of the swim platform. Operator2 had no injuries to himself.
  Operator2 and Subject1 exchanged information for insurance purposes and also Operator2 exchanged information with the owner of the restaurant in order to have the pilling's fixed.
  I then took photos of the damage to both vessels and are attachments to this report.
  All these events took place in Talbot County MD.
  