RedactedNarrative: On 06/18/2021 Maryland Natural Resources Police, was on marked marine patrol of Deep Creek Lake in Garrett County, Maryland. DNR Communications advised this unit of a boating accident resulting in personal injury that occurred earlier in the morning. Garrett Regional Medical Center (hospital) called in the accident information and provided contact information to DNR. I made contact with the vessel operator, OPERATOR 1, via phone and he said they were being discharged from the hospital and was able to meet me at his dock on Deep Creek Lake for the interview.
       I met OPERATOR 1 at his dock on Deep Creek Lake adjacent to Stump Point in Oakland, MD. OPERATOR 1 showed me the Malibu ski boat involved in the accident which accrued no damage. VICTIM had received stitches in his scalp at the hospital and was alert and comfortable during my interview.
       Around 0815 hours the morning of 06/18/2021, the family were wakeboarding in the area of the dam on Deep Creek Lake. OPERATOR 1 advised their vessel was the only vessel in the area, the water was calm and skies were clear. OPERATOR 1 normally requires anyone waterboarding/wake surfing off the vessel to wear a helmet but this particular morning the helmet was forgotten. As OPERATOR 1 operated the boat in a straight direction, his son as the observer, VICTIM wake boarded behind the vessel. As VICTIM attempted to jump their wake, he fell forward off the board in what is described as a "scorpion kick" and the wakeboard hit him in the back of the head, causing a laceration. VICTIM was able to climb back into the vessel and was unaware as to the extent of the injury. VICTIM was wearing a life jacket during their vessel excursion. OPERATOR 1 drove his son VICTIM to Garrett Regional Medical Center in Oakland, MD for treatment.
        All events occurred in Garrett County, Maryland.
  