RedactedNarrative: On 07/25/16 at approximately 1730 hrs., I was dispatched to a boating accident near Sail Winds Ramp in Dorchester County. Upon arrival at Sail Winds Ramp, I received information from Capt. concerning the subject and vessel involved in the incident. The subject was taken to Dorchester General Hospital. The subject's vessel was retrieved by on scene fire fighters, and tied to the floating dock at Sail Winds Ramp. The subject's truck and trailer were left in the parking lot by the subject's wife as she went to the hospital with him. I secured all belongings left in the vessel and locked the truck. I left the scene and went to the hospital to make contact with the subject.
  
  I made contact with the subject and his wife. While Victim went in to get x-rays and cat scan, I spoke with the wife. Wife stated that they had just finished washing the vessel, and took it to the ramp at Sail Winds to launch it to take it back to the home dock. Victim left in the vessel, while she drove the truck and trailer back home. When she was crossing Cambridge bridge, she looked in the river to see the vessel going around in circles. She immediately realized something was wrong. She called 911, and returned to the boat ramp. She could still see the vessel going around in circles. Another vessel was launching at the ramp with the following witnesses on board. Wife asked if they would take her out to the vessel to look for her husband. They went to the vessel and found Victim swimming near the vessel. They pulled him into their vessel and noticed the cuts from the propeller to his legs. They applied shirts to the wounds to stop the bleeding and transported him to the ramp. Dorchester 100was there waiting to provide medical assistance and transport Victim to Dorchester General. 
  
  I then was able to speak with Victim. He stated the he left the ramp to take the vessel back to his house dock. He was going close to full throttle, speed unknown, when the vessel hit a wave that he did not see. He tried to stand to gain control of the vessel, and it hit another wave which threw him out of the vessel. The vessel began to go around in circles, around him. He stated that he thought he could get back on board and gain control of the vessel. Instead he was hit by the propeller of the outboard engine. This resulted in lacerations on his upper right leg. The witnesses and his wife came to his rescue and got him to the medics at the ramp. The doctor stated that he had some fractured ribs and he was going to stitch up the lacerations. I had found a Yeti cooler with 5 beers in it in the vessel, so I asked Victim how much he had to drink. He stated that he only had a few sips out of one beer just before the accident. There was no evidence of alcohol odor, or any signs of impairment while I conducted the interview. All safety equipment was onboard the vessel, and no damage was done to the vessel.
   
     All events occurred in Dorchester County, Md.
  
  