RedactedNarrative: On 28 August 2016 at 2101 hours,  I received information from DNR Dispatch that a boat accident victim had been admitted to the Garrett Regional Medical Center (GRMC) in Oakland.  I responded to the GRMC Emergency Room.
  
       I made contact with the victim, who was complaining of pain in his right ear.  He was diagnosed with a puncture / tear of the inner ear drum.  He received Morphine for his pain and was advised to keep water out of the ear until it healed.  
  
       I spoke to father.  Father was on the boat as the observer while his son waterskied.  Father advised that the incident occurred on Deep Creek Lake, on the main body between North Glade Cove and Four Hoop Pole Cove.  Boat traffic was light but there were a few boats in the area.  Father stated that Victim hit a wake while waterskiing.  The wake made him fall into the water.  Victim stated that he has been waterskiing for about five (5) years.  The incident occurred around 1930 hours.  Victim mother and father transported him to the Emergency Room by private vehicle.  
   
      The vessel involved in the incident was a  2015  21' 6" Bennington Pontoon Boat, black and gold in color.  It has an Ohio registration, 8850 FL.  I meet Operator/owner at their rental cabin.  Operator/owner description of the incident was very similar to son and father.  Operator/owner did state that Victim stayed around the house for a while after the incident.  He was complaining about a pain in his ear.  He rated the pain as a 3 or 4 out of 10.  Victim' mother placed a few drops of "Swimmers Ear" in his ear.  Victim pain level rose dramatically.  The pain drove him "crazy".  They took him to the Emergency Room at that point.  
  
      I obtained information about the vessel needed for the report from Operator/owner.  I did not detect any violations.  It appeared to be an accident which occurred during routine waterskiing.  All three stated that Victim was wearing a life jacket.  Life jackets were out and accessible for Father and Operator/owner in the boat but were not in use at the time of the incident.
  
      Scene Cleared.
  