On June 1, 2023, at approximately 0005, I, OFC, received a call from DNR advising there was a kayaker that flipped in the Kent Narrows and had not resurfaced. I arrived on scene at 0020 and made contact with Queen Anne's County Sheriff and Fire units. I was advised by Queen Anne's County Fire that the subject was recovered and Medics were performing CPR in the back of the Medic unit. I made contact with the Sheriff's Deputy, who advised me a witness may have footage of the incident, and he was at the boat ramp. I made contact with a subject at the boat ramp. 

Subject1 stated he was on his kayak just north of the bridge when he heard what sounded like screaming. When he turned to see what was going on he noticed another kayak that was in the area flipped over and a subject attempting to get back on the kayak. Subject1 started to pull his anchor at this time and noticed another vessel attempting to get to the subject in the water. Subject1 stated when he got his anchor up he saw the kayak floating north and paddled over to it. When he got to the flipped kayak there was no one on it. The victim was pulled from the water by Grasonville Fire and CPR was started at 0015. They were able to get the victim back to the ramps and transferred to the Medic unit. 

    While interviewing Subject1, he stated he had GoPro footage of the incident. I asked for the GoPro which he provided me. At that time I asked for OFF to respond for assistance with translation due to language barrier with witnesses. QACO Medics transported the victim to AAMC at 0030 while still performing CPR. I was able to locate the second vessel which attempted to pull the victim from the water. 5 of the occupants of that vessel were able to provide witness statements which are attached along with their IDs. Once OFF arrived on scene she was able to speak with Subject1 and get a statement from him. She was also able to explain to Subject1 that we needed the memory card from his GoPro and he would receive the camera back. Subject1 agreed to provide us with the memory card for evidence. The full run number for QACO Medic unit is 2023-2105. Cpl arrived on scene at 0053 and was provided the memory card for the GoPro. 

    Cpl with the help of OFF was able to interview all the witnesses which provided statements. The witnesses on the vessel stated that when they attempted to pull the victim in their vessel it was like he was stuck under the water, and they could not get him free. The victims kayak was recovered by Subject1 and brought to the ramp. There was no sign that the victim was anchored when the incident happened. Subject1 was able to inform us that the victim was wearing a lifejacket at the time his kayak flipped. 


A red and black type 3 PFD was recovered from next to where the Medic unit was staged. Subject1 advised that was the PFD the victim was wearing. The kayak and PFD were turned over to the wife of the victim who was on scene. The wife left to the hospital before I was able to get a statement from her. Subject1 was able to inform us that a silver Toyota belonging to the victim. 

    Investigators were able to make contact with the wife at AAMC. Further information will be provided by investigators as they are updated. All events occurred in Queen Anne's County Maryland.

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