RedactedNarrative: On Saturday, September 17, 2016 at approximately 1900 hours, Officers from the Maryland Natural Resources Police were alerted to a Personal Watercraft Accident with injuries in the area of Snug Harbor in the Sinepuxent Bay, Worcester County, Maryland.  Initial reports indicated that a PWC with a single operator/occupant had struck a stationary object, and that the operator had suffered a laceration to his leg and was being treated by Berlin EMS at a residence on Snug Harbor Road.
  
  Officer responded to that location and met with the owner of the PWC, who had not been the operator.  The owner advised that the PWC was capsized and taking on water, and had been towed to the boat ramp at Castaways Campground.  OFC was able to respond to that location and photograph the PWC, which was a 2007, SeaDoo bearing Maryland registration 0966BX.  It was still capsized and had obviously taken on water.  Officer further advised that the operator was being transported to Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury by Berlin EMS.  He also learned from Maryland State Police Troopers had initially been on scene and had possibly detected the odor of an alcoholic beverage about Operator's breath and person.
  
  Officer responded to PRMC and met with Operator.  He advised that, given the circumstances he was not able to observe any signs of impairment when speaking with Operator and did not detect a notable odor of an alcoholic beverage when speaking with him.  Operator did admit to having two drinks during the day, but stated that it had been several hours prior.  Operator gave OFC the following paraphrased statement regarding the accident.
  
  He stated that he had been operating a friend's PWC in the Sinepuxent Bay, and that he was in the process of returning to the residence at Snug Harbor.  He stated that he had been having problems with the safety lanyard coming out of it's switch throughout the day.  He stated that, while enroute back to Snug Harbor, the lanyard had dislodged and he was able to reinsert it and was attempting to catch up to his friend, at a speed of approximately 40 to 50 miles per hour.  He      stated that the lanyard dislodged again and that he was unable to maneuver and struck the piling portion of a day marker.  This caused significant damage to the PWC and threw him from it causing a deep laceration in his right thigh.
  
  Based on my conversation with OFC, I did not think that a blood kit was appropriate.  All of the above events occurred in Worcester and Wicomico County, Maryland.
  