RedactedNarrative: On June 20, 2019 at 1353 hours I received a report from the Maryland State Police, McHenry Barrack, of a boat accident involving a tuber on Deep Creek Lake.  The reporting party was at the Deep Creek Lake Marina in McHenry Cove.  It was reported that there was a minor injuring sustained by one individual that was now at the Urgent Care Facility in McHenry, MD.
   
       I responded to Deep Creek Lake Marina to contact the party involved.  I was met at the dock by the rental staff.  She advised me that the party had dropped off the injured member, Victim, at the Urgent Care Facility in McHenry.  Victim's injury was sustained while being towed on a tube with his son.  The tube hit a wake and Victim and his son "hit heads".  Victim bit through his lower lip.  The rental staff stated that the rest of the party went out to finish their four (4) hour rental period with the vessel.  I obtained the vessel information from the rental company.  The vessel was a 2019 Tahoe Cascade Quad Lounger pontoon boat.  It was blue in color and displayed  Maryland registration 1780 LB.  It was 25 feet in length.  The rental staff advised me that the group was scheduled to return at 1600 hours.  
  
      I left the facility and continued to patrol Deep Creek Lake.  At 1530 hours I returned to the area of Deep Creek Lake Marina.  I observed the vessel described above enter the docks at Deep Creek Lake Marina.  I also docked and made contact with the operator.  Operator advised that he was operating the rental boat at the time of the accident.  Victim and his son were on the tube.  The incident occurred just north of the Glendale Bridge on the main body of Deep Creek Lake.  Operator described the wake activity at the time to be moderate.  Operator advised that the wake that caused the injury was produced by another vessel that passed them at a safe distance.  Operator stated that he was not operating the pontoon at a fast speed as son was only five (5) years of age.  Victim was sitting on the tube with his son between his legs and his arms around his son.  Both were wearing life jackets.  As the tube rolled over the wake Victim's chin came down on top of his son's head.  The force of hitting his head caused him to bit through his lower lip.  Operator advised that Victim's wife was the observer onboard at the time of the accident.  There were a total of 13 persons on board the vessel, including the two skiers/tubers.  Neither fell off of the tube during the incident.
  
      Son was present during the interviews and appeared uninjured and in good spirits. 
  
      The pontoon, MD 1780 LB is a rental vessel at Deep Creek Lake Marina.  No damage was sustained to the tube or vessel. 
  
      No violations were detected.   Clear at 1605 hours.  
  
      I identified six (6) of the passengers on board the vessel at the time of the incident.  Those identified included the operator of the vessel, the observer, and the two (2) individuals on the tube.  I made several phone calls to Victim and Operator requesting the identification of the remaining passengers for the report.  As of July 17, 2019 my request for that information has gone unanswered.  Several of those not identified were juveniles, one being only several months of age.  All children on board were wearing personal flotation devices (PFD).
  