RedactedNarrative: On Sunday July 18th at approximately 1600 hours Officer was underway on NRP vessel 154 in the area of the Ocean City Commercial Harbor when he received a report from the DNR communications center of a boat accident that had recently occurred and the complainant would like to have an officer respond to investigate the boat accident.   
  Officers met with the complainant at the location of where the boat accident occurred. The accident occurred at the T end of the F dock at Sunset Marina. The complainant of this boat accident is the Captain of V1, OWNER 1. Mr. OWNER 1 stated that a TowBoat US boat had a vessel in tow near the fuel dock inside Sunset Marina while another Towboat was there to assist with the tow. While one Towboat was maneuvering with their tow the assisting Towboat made contact with the bow of the V2 which was moored to the end of the F dock inside Sunset Marina. Mr. OWNER 1 was on the front of the V2 when he witnessed the accident. The vessel that was struck is the V2 out of Jupiter Florida. Officer asked Mr. OWNER 1 if he would like to fill out a voluntary witness statement to document what he had seen from the boat accident that day. Mr. OWNER 1 agreed to complete a witness statement which is attached to this report. 
  The striking vessel belongs to TowBoat US out of the Commercial Harbor in Ocean City. The TowBoat striking vessel was operated at the time of the accident OP1. 
  Officer took photos of the damage on the V2. The damage is estimated to be above $3000 by the OWNER 1. 
  Officer had the DNR Communications Center generate an incident report number for a boat accident report. 
  ALL EVENTS OCCURRED IN WORCESTER COUNTY
  