RedactedNarrative: On 9/6/20 at approximately 0945 I Marine Enforcement Officer, was on patrol in Elephant Butte Lake State Park wearing my full uniform and operating a marked law enforcement vehicle. I saw an ambulance enter the main area of the park. I contacted Sierra County Regional Dispatch Authority (SCRDA) in reference to the ambulance and they stated it was headed to the marina in reference to a personal watercraft (PWC) accident. I arrived on scene at the courtesy dock at approximately 0950 hours where another Sierra Vista Ambulance unit was already on scene and working to stabilize and back board an individual on a vessel. I asked what had happened and was told that the injured individual had been struck by a PWC while he was riding on a tube being pulled by another PWC. I assisted EMS holding the vessel while they prepared to transport. EMS transported the individual to Sierra Vista Hospital. 
  
  I then contacted the operator of V1, (2010 Yamaha Bearing NM9510EE) who stated he was towing the victim on a tube behind his PWC in the channel in the Rattlesnake area when V2, (1998 Bombardier bearing NM6124BT) struck the tube and rider he was pulling at full speed. 
  
  I then spoke with Operator2, who stated he did see the PWC but not the tube he was pulling. He continued that he went to jump the wake of a passing vessel and at that time saw the tube and turned his vessel sharply but believed he did strike the tubers leg with the tail end of his PWC. He stated as soon as it happened he immediately jumped off of his PWC to render aid and that someone from the boat (I was not able to obtain information on the assisting vessel) assisted him in loading Victim on to the vessel and transport him to the main boat docks. 
  
  At this time, we left the dock area and went to the camps of the individuals so I could retrieve all of the necessary vessel information. While at the camps, both separate but located in the same area, I acquired an additional voluntary statement and information of the owners of V2. They just recently purchased the vessel and have been unable to transfer to their name due to COVID-19 shutdowns at MVD. 
  
  Based on witness statements, I concluded that V2 was responsible for the incident. The operator did not maintain a proper lookout for others, proper distance and was operating at a speed greater than necessary to allow him to avoid damage to property or injury or death to a person. He was cited for prohibited operations #69005. Both V1 and V2 were given warnings about mandatory education and I explained to them they were not allowed to operate any vessel until they took the class.
  
  The scene was cleared at approximately 1115 hours.
  