RedactedNarrative: On June 5, 2021, at approximately 2200 hours, Maryland Natural Resources Police received a call from DNR Dispatch advising a male subject was admitted to the University of Maryland Shore Medical at Chestertown Emergency Room with injuries resulting from a Personal Watercraft (PWC) accident.  I responded and arrived on scene at the University of Maryland Shore Medical at Chestertown Emergency Room where I contacted the male subject and identified him as OPERATOR 1.  OPERATOR 1 had been operating a PWC on the Chester River approximately one mile north of Conquest Beach.  OPERATOR 1 stated he was traveling approximately 40 knots and was attempting to jump the wake of a large vessel. He stated he struck a second wake which caused him to be thrown forward into the handlebars.  OPERATOR 1 stated the handlebars broke upon impact and he continued forward into the water. OPERATOR 1 stated once he was in the water the PWC’s momentum continued forward and struck him. 
  OPERATOR 1 stated he was operating his PWC with a friend who was able to help him retrieve his PWC which they towed to Cliff City.  OPERATOR 1 and his friend returned to Centreville Landing where they had originally put in and drove back to Cliff City where they then loaded up the broken PWC.  They transported the PWC to his residence.  OPERATOR 1 drove to Station 5 Kent County EMS in Church Hill later in the evening due to increasing pain.  Station 5 Kent County EMS evaluated OPERATOR 1 and transported him to Chestertown ER due to his injuries. I took all necessary information for the boating accident from OPERATOR 1 and then cleared the hospital.
  After interviewing OPERATOR 1 I went to his residence and photographed the broken PWC with Maryland registration 5732DB, which was trailered in his driveway. OPERATOR 1 was transported from the University of Maryland Shore Medical at Chestertown Emergency Room to Baltimore Shock Trauma at approximately 0230 hours on June 6, 2021, for internal bleeding from a lacerated spleen.
  I followed up with OPERATOR 1 on June 6, 2021, at approximately 1900 hours and obtained additional report information from him.
  All events occurred in Kent County, Maryland.
  