RedactedNarrative: On July 11, 2017 at 15:36 hours I was alerted to a boating accident in the McHenry Cove area near the 219 Bridge on Deep Cr. Lake. I responded to the area and was walking along the shore line towards where the accident victim was seated. I was approached by a woman who advised that she had seen the accident. She advised that the subject was operating at a high rate of speed on a PWC and came inside the dock and struck one of the fingers of the dock. MOfc.  was also on scene, and I asked him to get her statement while I checked on the subjects in the accident. 
  
   I found the operator and he advised that he was ok. The female passenger was being looked at by personnel from Garrett County Emergency Services. They both refused first aid and transport from the ambulance service. 
  
   I asked if the operator had been drinking and he said no. I performed several FSTs and Operator1 appeared normal to this officer. Operator1 advised that he was operating the PWC when he got too close to the dock. He advised that he released the throttle and the vessel continued in a straight line and hit the dock. I advised Operator1 that PWCs have limited steering without power being applied to the vessel. The subject on the PWC behind the operator had hit her knee but was refusing treatment. 
  
   There were three additional PWCs in Operator1’s group. They were operating at a high rate of speed near the dock as we spoke. They were within 10 to 20 feet of the dock. There were personnel on the dock from the Aquatic Center trying to get the group to slow down. The end of the dock was only 50 feet from the shore. The group did not listen to the personnel and continued to operate at a high speed near the docks. They were ordered to return to the Aquatic Center by one of the owners of the business. 
  
   In my investigation I found that Operator1 was inexperienced and did not listen to the advice given to him during the training at the time of rental. I found that Operator1 had operated the PWC in a negligent manner and within 100’ of shore in excess of six knots. I issued him one citation for Negligent Operation. All events occurred in Garrett County
  