RedactedNarrative: On July 4, 2018, I, Cpl. , of the Maryland Natural Resources Police, was contacted by DNR Communications in reference to a request to respond to the University of Maryland Shore Medical Center at Chestertown for the report of a boat accident victim being treated in the emergency room. I subsequently responded to the Shore Medical Center and met with subject as she was sitting in an emergency room patient room. I greeted Victim and identified myself as a MD NRP Officer. I explained that I understood that she was injured in a boat accident and I just needed to get some information about what led to her injury. I asked her what happened. 
  
  Victim advised that she and some other people had been boating on the Chester River earlier in the day. She advised that at about 1430 hours, she was on the dock aiding with docking and tying the vessel up. She said there was only the owner on the boat during the docking process. As the boat was in the slip, the boat's bow began to move and Victim reached out and grabbed the boat's bow. Victim attempted to stop the movement of the bow but could not. Victim's right hand became pinched between the bow and a dock piling. Victim advised that she heard some loud cracks come from her hand when the vessel slammed into her hand. Victim suspected that a passing vessel wake caused the boat to move in the slip, ultimately causing the injury. The boat had not been fully tied up at the time of the accident. Victim advised that she was not very familiar with the area and where the dock was the piling. Operator advised that she did not see any such wake. located. Victim had her hand x-rayed and was awaiting results. Victim advised that owner was not drinking alcohol during the outing. I was provided Operator's information and address.
  
  Operator provided me with the vessel registration (MD 8075 CB) and other information I would need for the boat accident report form. Operator advised that the accident occurred as she docked the vessel at the Quaker Neck Landing county dock that was located at the end of Quaker Neck Landing Road, Chestertown, Kent County, MD. I asked Operator about what happened during the docking that caused Victim's injury. Operator advised that the vessel was in the slip and the motor was off. The boat's bow began to move towards a dock piling and Victim attempted to stop the boat, but got her hand pinched between the boat and the piling. Operator cited the fact that Victim did not have very much, if any, boating experience and did not know to not put her hands in a position where they could become pinched. I asked Operator if she saw any type of boat wake that pushed the vessel into Operator confirmed that she was the only person on the vessel at the time of the accident.  Refer to the attached boat accident report form for further details. This case is closed. All events occurred in Kent County, MD.