RedactedNarrative: On Sunday May 31st at approximately 2000 hours Officer was on boat patrol in the Isle of Wight Bay on NRP vessel 858 when he received a report of a PWC accident with injuries at Bay Side Boat Rentals 53rd street Coastal Highway in Ocean City Maryland. 
  
  Upon arriving at Bay side Boat Rentals Officers witnessed an injured PWC rider identified as Victim DOB being placed onto a stretcher by Ocean City EMS.
  
  Officer Interviewed the jet ski guide. Guide informed Officer that his group of rentals were just leaving the entrance from Bay Side Boat Rentals into Isle of Wight Bay when he instructed all the PWC operators to maintain 100 feet of space between each other as they accelerated into the riding area. 
  
  When he instructed the rental PWC riders to begin to accelerate in chronological order out into the designated riding Guide saw the operator of PWC #6 run into the back of PWC #5 with Victim on the back as passenger. Guide had those PWC's return back to Bay Side rentals and called Ocean City EMS. Guide agreed to fill out a witness statement.
  
  Officer then interviewed the operator at fault of the accident who was operating PWC #6. Officer asked what happened and if this was his first time operating a PWC. Operator2 responded that it was his first time. Operator2 stated that he accelerated when instructed to do so by the PWC guide and that when he realized he was going to run into the PWC in front of him he attempted to slow down and that his wake caused him to run into the back of PWC #5 injuring Victim.
  
   Victim was taken to Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury Maryland for treatment of her injuries. Victim's injuries sustained from the PWC accident include bruised ribs, a bruised arm and swollen knee.
  
  The damage to the PWC's are estimated at $800 for each vessel.
  Officer issued one citation and one warning to Operator2.
  One citation for exceeding 6 knots within 100 feet of another vessel MR 08 18.02.05 $85
  One warning for negligent operation of a vessel MR 08 18.35.04
   
  ALL EVENTS OCCURRED IN WORCESTER COUNTY MARYLAND.
  