RedactedNarrative: On 05/24/2019 around 1700 hrs, I Corporal of the Maryland Natural Resources Police (NRP) received a call for a boat accident with injury around Edge Creek in Talbot County. Corporal also from the NRP and I responded to the call by vessel. OFF from the NRP responded by land to the listed address. OFF. conducted interviews and gathered witness statements upon arrival. By the time Cpl and I arrived on scene the victim was being flown out to Shock Trauma. I was able to speak to the other party involved in the accident. 
  Operator1 stated that they had just left the dock when Operator2 slowed her jetski down. Operator1 said that he couldn’t stop in time and hit Operator2. Operator1 guessed his speed at the time of the collision was around 20mph.  Operator1 also stated that both Operator2 and himself were not wearing lifejackets at the time. A passing boat referred to as Subject1, saw “what looked like an overturned jet ski”. Subject1 helped apply medical treatment and brought Operator2 to the dock so EMS could begin treatment. OFC met Operator2 and another witness at Shock Trauma and gathered additional information from them. Operator1 will be receiving citations at a later date. All events occurred in Talbot County.
  On 05/24/19 at approximately 1900hrs I made contact with the victim of a personal water craft (PWC) accident at University of Maryland Shock Trauma hospital in Baltimore, MD. The victim was currently located in the Trauma Resuscitation Unit bed 2 where she was brought by Maryland State Police helicopter an hour or two prior to my arrival. Upon my arrival Operator2 was awake and talking but was unable to complete a formal written victim statement because she was in a significant amount of pain and on pain medication. Operator2 was willing to give me a verbal statement and summarized the event by stating herself and a male friend each got on a PWC at the dock attached to Operator2s property. 
  The victim stated that she was out ahead of the other operator but slowed down to a stop in order to stow her hat because she felt like it was going to fall off while at operating at high speed. While attempting to stow her hat she saw the other operator coming right at her "at high speed" and struck her PWC. 
  Operator2 stated she was thrown from the PWC but did not lose consciousness and was able to tread water until the other operator returned with help along with another good Samaritan boater. Operator2 stated she was not wearing a life jacket at the time of the incident, has a boater safety card "somewhere", and has been operating the PWCs in question for the last 3 or 4 years. I was unable to do much more detailed questioning because the victim had to have some tests done and was being prepared for surgery. Finally, Operator2 did relay that her leg injury was the only major injury that she knew about as of our interview. 
  In addition to the written statement subject2 completed, she did relay that prior to the accident everyone present had consumed an alcoholic beverage, however it was the first drink of the day and she could not relay what either of the PWC operators had consumed. All events occurred in Baltimore City, Maryland.
  The injury was described by dispatch as an open femur fracture. Upon arrival, County Fire/Ems were already on scene. I then made contact with Operator1, and asked him what happened. Operator1 stated that he was operating the jet ski behind Operator2, and when she began to stop, Operator1 couldn’t stop in time before hitting her from the rear of the jet ski. I asked Operator1 if he and Operator2 were wearing PFDs, which he said that neither of them were. I asked Operator1 if he would write what happened on a victim/witness form, which he agreed to do.
  Cpl. later asked Operator1 approximately how much boating experience he had, which he stated about 500 hours, but had never been on a PWC before. All events occurred in Talbot county.
  