RedactedNarrative: On September 14, 2017 at 1:25 pm Officers responded to Newport Harbor for a reported collision between a 19’ open motorboat (RI 0604U) and a 12 meter charter sailing vessel “Columbia”. The Columbia was engaged with a charter at the time of collision therefore a commercial activity. The open motorboat had three persons on board prior to colliding with the Columbia. The collision occurred just outside Newport harbor off Fort Adams. One passenger in the open motorboat was ejected upon impact and was later retrieved by a good Samaritan. Passenger and the other two occupants of the open motorboat were not injured. Damage to the open motorboat was $2000.00
  
  The operator of the open motorboat was cited for three rules of the road violations including failure to maintain a proper lookout. The sailboat was under sail at the time of the accident and was the stand on vessel and the powerboat was the give-way vessel.
  