On August 12th, 2023, at approximately 1330 hrs, I, (Officer of the Maryland Natural Resources Police), received a call for a vessel accident that had occurred on August 11th, 2023, at approximately 1900 Hrs in Rock Hall harbor. I responded by vessel to the location of the accident at approximately 1330 hrs and spoke to Subject1. Both vessels were on scene in their slips where I took pictures and got all of Subject1s info and everything Operator2 gave him the night before. I made contact with Operator2 via cell phone later.

On August 11th, 2023, at approximately 1900 hrs the vessel "Black Rose" (Documentation Number 639008) was docked on the T-Head of C dock at North Point Marina. The vessel's owner was on board the vessel at the time. A 40-foot formula "Roxy" attempted to back into its slip straight across from Black Rose. 

Operator2 advised he gave the vessel forward throttle to stop his reversing movement. After going into forward gear, the throttles did not respond appropriately and would not properly go out of gear to get back into neutral. Because of this the Roxy kept moving forward and, the bow and anchor of "Roxy" punctured the starboard side of Black Rose approximately mid-ship, causing an approximately 8in by 8in hole(see attached pictures).

The vessels owners exchanged insurance information the night of the incident. The owner of "Black Rose" reported the incident the following day. All events occurred in Kent County, Maryland. This case may be closed no further police action is needed.
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