RedactedNarrative: On 6/25/2021 at approximately 1650 hours Maryland Natural Resources Police was dispatched to Garrett Regional Medical Center for an injury from a tubing accident occurring on Deep Creek Lake. I made contact with the victim of the tubing accident.
  VICTIM 1 stated he was in the E.R. because his left shoulder was dislocated. VICTIM 1 stated he was on a tube with someone else when the two hit a boat wake. TUBER 2 landed on VICTIM 1’s left shoulder dislocating it. VICTIM 1 immediately knew something was wrong and boarded the vessel. The group drove to Traders landing docks to have VICTIM 1 transported to Garrett Regional Medical Center by private transport within the group.
  OPERATOR 1 was the operator of the vessel. He stated they were tubing at the mouth of Turkey Neck Cove traveling south at about 15 to 20 mph at the time of the accident. They drove over a boat wake and the other passenger on the tube TUBER 2 landed on VICTIM 1’s left side. OPERATOR 1 and the observer assisted VICTIM 1 back into the vessel to take him to a dock to go to the medical center.
  TUBER 2 stated he was on the tube with VICTIM 1 when they went over a boat wake, he landed on VICTIM 1 causing his shoulder to be dislocated. Tuber 2 said they were both wearing PFD’s at the time of the incident.
  VICTIM 1 was treated at Garrett Regional medical center for the shoulder dislocation and released later that day. No warning or citations were issued for this incident.
  All of the above occurred in Garrett County Maryland
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