RedactedNarrative: Incident Summary
   On May 27, 2018, University of Maryland Shore Medical Center at Chestertown reported that a boat accident victim was being treated in the emergency room. Hospital staff advised the victim sustained an injury during a boating accident. I responded to the hospital and made contact with the juvenile victim and father to obtain the boat accident information. The boat accident occurred in the Sassafras River and resulted as a wake boarding fall.
  Initial Observations
   On May 27, 2018, at about 1703 hours, I, Cpl, of the Maryland Natural Resources Police, received a call from DNR Communications, in reference to calling University of Maryland Shore Medical Center at Chestertown, for the report of a boat accident. I called the hospital and spoke with emergency room staff. They advised that a young male injured his ankle when he was wake boarding in the Sassafras River. I told hospital staff that I would be responding to take the information for the report. I arrived at the University of Maryland Shore Medical Center at Chestertown at 1722 hours. 
  
  Victim was lying in the hospital bed with an ice pack sitting on his swollen left ankle. I asked them what happened. They advised that were wake boarding in the Sassafras River, located in Kent and Cecil Counties, Maryland, during the late morning hours. The water was very calm and there was very little boat activity where they were boating. Father advised that at about 1100 hours, his other son was operating his(Father's) vessel and was towing Victim on a wake board. Victim advised that they were heading eastbound in the Sassafras River on the Kent County side, just east of Back Creek (located on the Cecil County side of the river). They were heading towards Freeman Creek when he jumped off of a wake. He went to grab the board during the jump, when something did not feel right. Victim advised that he let go of the board and landed in the water. He then fell in the water and the landing "felt weird". They advised that Victim got back into the boat on his own power. Victim advised that he felt discomfort in his left ankle once he got into the boat. He did not wake board during the remainder of the trip.
   Father advised that he was sitting in a rear starboard side seat at the time of Victim's fall. Father advised that the subjects continued wake boarding after Victim's fall. They terminated their boating activities at about 1215 hours and returned to dock. Victim advised that he had to hop from the dock up to their house due to left ankle pain. Father advised that they iced Victim's foot when they got up to their house. Victim advised that as time went on, he felt increasing pain in his left ankle. Father advised that they decided to take Victim to the hospital for further treatment. Father advised that they got to the emergency room at about 1650 hours. Hospital staff x rayed Victim's left ankle and they were waiting for the x-ray results. 
  He also provided me with the vessel information. The vessel was a blue and black 2018 24' Axis A24 wake boat bearing Maryland registration "6180 CS" and hull ID "AWRC6929B818". They took delivery of the boat on May 25, 2018 and the registration was temporary. The vessel was equipped with an inboard (v-drive) 350 horsepower Crusader Monsoon engine. The vessel had about 12 PFD's onboard, along with flares, fire extinguisher, horn, whistle and type IV throwable PFD. The vessel was insured by "Boat US" (refer to boat accident report for policy number).
  As I spoke with Father, I smelled the odor of an alcoholic beverage emanating from his breath. I also noticed that Father's eyes were very bloodshot and slightly glassy. Father also spoke with slightly slurred speech. I spoke with Father in the hallway about the alcoholic beverage odor. Father admitted to drinking two beers with lunch after they got off of the boat. I again asked him if he was driving the boat at the time of the accident. Father adamantly advised that his son was driving the boat and added that he did not have any alcohol to drink while on the boat. Father advised that he personally drove his son to the hospital. I opted to not pursue any driving under the influence investigation as I never saw him in control of any motor vehicle in addition to the fact that he had been at the hospital for over 30 minutes prior to my arrival. I provided Father with my cell phone number and asked him to call me when he obtains his Boat US boat insurance policy number. Refer to the attached boat accident report form for further details.I cleared from the hospital at about 1800 hours. This case is closed. All events occurred in Kent County, Maryland.
  