RedactedNarrative: On August 2 2014 at approximately 1540 hours my partner and I responded to an injury accident occurring on the Spokane River involving a jet ski. I was informed by Kootenai County Communications that the vessel had transported the operator and injured passenger to the Blackwell Island Boat Launch on the Spokane River. 
  
  We were advised the injured passenger was approximately 11 years of age who had a deep laceration on his left leg. Victim received medical attention and was transported to Kootenai Medical Center Prior to our arrival at Blackwell Island. Upon arrival Deputy immediately interviewed the operator who was identified by his Washington State Drivers License. I conducted a safety inspection of the jet ski with the registered owner and observed no visible damage of the vessel resulting from the accident. All required safety equipment was on board the jet ski Operator was operating. After the inspection I joined my partner at the park bench to assist with interviewing Operator. Operator was visibly shaken by the events of the accident and was smoking a cigarette at the time of the interview. I observed his eyes as blood shot and watery. 
  
  Operator indicated that he was operating his jet ski at approximately 25-30 miles per hour on the Spokane River just west of Mill River. He remarked there were numerous boats in the section of the river he was operating on and the water conditions were choppy due to boat traffic wakes. Prior to the accident, Operator informed me that he looked down at his speedometer and observed his speed at 31 miles per hour and when he looked up he observed five boats traveling east on the river towards him. Operator indicated he “let go” of the throttle and as the vessels past him on his right and left, their wakes converged in his location with such force that it threw him and Victim off the jet ski into the water. 
  
  Once in the water, Operator remarked he surfaced and swam over to Victim’s location and “grabbed” a hold of his life vest. Operator informed me once he was holding onto Victim he noticed a large cut on Victim’s left leg. A second jet ski was cruising west on the Spokane River with Operator. Operator indicated that Good sam came to his position while he and Victim were in the water and brought Victim on his jet ski to transport him back to Blackwell Island. Good sam confirmed in his witness statement that Operator and victim were thrown from their jet ski due to “rough waters” caused by other boats. 
  
  Operator showed me and my partner the personal flotation devices they were wearing. Operator was wearing a coast guard approved type III adult female life vest. Victim was wearing a coast guard approved type III life vest that was not rated to be used while operating or riding on a personal water craft. In addition, I asked Operator if he had consumed any alcohol during the day prior to the accident. He indicated that he consumed “2 beers”. Dep. performed standardized field sobriety tests (SFST’s) on him and observed no presence of horizontal gaze nystagmus (HGN). Due to the lack of HGN no further SFST’s were performed. 
  
  I asked both Operator and Good sam if Victim was struck by another vessel after he was thrown from his jet ski into the water. They both confirmed he was not struck by a vessel or propeller. Operator indicated that Victim may have struck an object in the water causing the cut on his leg. Simple wood and grass debris were found on scene with no evidence found indicating the presence of a large object or submerged log. 
  
  I interviewed Victim’s father (Victim) at the Kootenai Medical Center (KMC). Victim was unavailable for questioning and was being x-rayed at the time I arrived at KMC. J. Victim remarked to me the events of the accident as indicated by his son. His son’s account of the accident confirmed Operator and Good sam’s account of the vessel traveling on the Spokane River in rough water Father further confirmed his son remarked to him they were thrown f