RedactedNarrative: On 8/10/2020 at approximately 7:45PM, I, Maryland Natural Resource Police Officer responded to a cardiac arrest boating related accident that occurred on Deep Creek Lake. Emergency personnel from Deep Creek Fire Department (Ambulance 11) were on scene when I arrived at approximately 8:05 PM.
  
  I walked to dock number where Deep Creek Volunteer EMTs were performing CPR and checking vital signals of the victim. At this time Victim had no vital signs, Victim was hooked up to an AED, a shock was administered, a pulse returned. Trooper 5 was called to transport Victim to J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown West Virginia. At 8:25PM Victim was transported to Trooper 5 helicopter.
  
  There were three persons on the vessel during the incident. All identified by driver’s licenses.
  
   Operator was traveling at about 10 MPH to the west while Victim was wakesurfing. When Victim fell off the board, the vessel turned around. Subject1 noticed Victim was not responding to conversion and his head was face down in the water. Subject1 jumped in the water to get him out of the water. Victim was placed on the swim platform of the vessel by Subject1 and Operator. Operator started CPR on Victim. Subject1 and Subject2 assisted with CPR until relived by EMS. Operator went with Victim to the hospital.  
  
  I asked Subject1 what had happened. Subject1 stated Victim was wakesurfing at about 10mph when he fell off the board. Subject1 said Victim did not hit anything when he fell in. The operator of the vessel Operator turned around to pick up Victim.  Subject1 said he was floating in the water and a boat wave hit Victim from behind causing him to float with his face in the water. Subject1 knew something was wrong and jumped in the water to get him above the water. Operator also jumped in the water to help get Victim out of the water and back on the boat. They were able to get him on the swim platform of the vessel where Operator began to perform CPR. Subject1 yelled to a nearby bystanders on dock number to call 911 for help. While Operator and Subject1 were performing CPR the other passenger of the vessel drove the vessel to dock number. Subject1 stated once at the dock he Subject2 and subject1 continued CPR on the dock.
  
  I asked Subject2 what happened. Subject2 stated he was on the vessel as an observer when Victim fell off the surfboard. Subject2 said when they turned around Victim was face up in the water not responding or looking, when he went face under Subject1 and Operator jumped in to get him. Subject2 said after getting Victim on the boat he drove to boat to a dock while Operator and Subject1 were doing CPR on him. I asked Subject2 if Victim was wearing a life jacket and Subject2 said yes and showed me the life jacket. Victim was wearing a type 3 PFD that was the correct size and in good usable condition. 
  
  I checked in on victim.  He was doing very well, he had regained conscious, majority of his memory and motor skills.   
  
  No charges issued.
  
  All of the above occurred in Garrett County Maryland
  
  Request case Closure.  It is possible carbon monoxide was a factor.
  