RedactedNarrative: On 08/31/2019 around 1030 hours, I, Cpl. with the Maryland Natural Resources Police, was made aware of an injured person at Garrett Regional Medical Center that had been involved in a boat accident. I arrived at Garrett Regional Medical Center shortly after the call was dispatched and met with the family involved in the single vessel accident on Deep Creek Lake. 
  
  Victim was in a head collar lying immobile on the hospital bed and had no memory of the accident or being on the vessel that morning. Victim's father was the operator of the vessel and the only occupant aside from the victim. Operator advised that he and Victim had just picked up their rental vessel from Bill's Marine in the main body of the lake for their one day rental (their personal vessel was in the repair shop). 
  
  Operator was seated in the operator's position and his son Victim was seated in the forward center seat of the bow, facing the stern and Operator. Operator said he has over 100 hours of operating experience and is overly cautious when operating near the bridge spans or in areas of congested traffic. Operator said he had operated the vessel at minimum wake under the far eastern span of the 219 bridge, heading north towards McHenry cove and their home. 
  
  As Operator passed under the 219 bridge, he picked up the vessel speed to approximately 10 knots. Operator said at the moment he began to throttle up, he noticed a Wakesetter boat heading south underneath the center span of the 219 bridge with what appeared to be a full ballast, as it was throwing a three foot tall wake. Operator said he didn't have the space to maneuver away from the large wake or the speed to turn 90 degrees into the wake to avoid being rocked. Operator attempted to turn as far to port as he could, but only succeeded in meeting the wake at an angle, causing the vessel to rock violently from side to side.
  
       Operator was thrown from the operator seat onto the passenger chair and floor, while his son Victim was thrown side to side in the bow, striking multiple surfaces until the vessel stopped rocking. Operator immediately noticed the injury to Victim's head and the blood spatter and quickly operated back to their home in McHenry for transport to Garrett Regional Medical Center. Operator said that Victim was looking back towards the stern and there wasn't time to warn him to hang on or prepare himself for the large wake.
  
   Operator also said the Wakesetter boat did not stop and he doesn't believe they were aware of the damage their large wake had caused. Operator said that if he had been operating at a faster speed he may have been able to turn sharply enough to 90 degrees to cross the wake more gently, but did not have time. 
  
      I was contacted later by the family via cell phone and told that Victim had suffered a head abrasion requiring stitches, a concussion and several compression fractures in his vertebrae. I made the arrangements for Bill's Marine to retrieve their vessel so the family wouldn't need to leave the hospital, Bill's Marine advised the vessel was operational with no mechanical problems or physical defects.
  
      No charges were filed against the vessel operator.
  
       All events occurred in Garrett County, Maryland.
  