RedactedNarrative: On 08/16/16 at 1824 hours, I, OFC, was dispatched to a call in reference to a boat accident on Deep Creek Lake involving personal injury only (no vessel damage). I was told to respond to Bill's North where the victim was currently located, and later found the suspect to be waiting at the Aquatic Center where the two parties originally rented their vessels. When I arrived at McHenry Cove/Bill's North, the victim was already being tended to by paramedics and was loaded into the ambulance. OFC. was able to gather the victims information and injury status by land before they left for Garrett Memorial Hospital. The suspect was still on scene at the Aquatic Center, speaking with the business owner when I arrived. 
  
  The two cousins had rented Personal Water Crafts (PWCs) from the Aquatic Center at 1600 hours and were motoring in McHenry Cove. Operator2 advised that Operator1 was in the lead as they traveled up McHenry Cove, and Operator2 followed closely behind the lead ski, jumping Operator1's wakes well within the 100 foot safety distance zone. Operator2 said that he had just began to jump another wake made by Operator1 when Operator1 turned "on a dime", 180 degrees and immediately came into the direct path of Operator2's PWC. Neither operator had enough time to change course or slow their speed to avoid the collision due to operating above 6 knots within 100 feet of each other. The bow of Operator2's PWC struck the right forearm of Operator1 with enough impact to cause a compound fracture and also dislocated his right hip. Neither vessel was harmed in the collision as Operator1's body took the brunt of the impact. 
  
  Immediately after the impact, Operator1 fell off his PWC and Operator2 yelled at a passing pontoon boat that they needed help. The pontoon boat (MD 3619 LB, a Tahoe pontoon)  took Operator1 aboard their vessel, tied his PWC to their vessel and motored the injured party into Bill's North boat ramp for waiting paramedics and then took the victim's PWC back into the Aquatic Center. 
  
  After speaking with Operator2 at the Aquatic Center, he informed me that he had been drinking that morning and afternoon at the Boardwalk Bar before they rented the PWC's. His eyes were very bloodshot and dilated and he had the strong odor of an alcoholic beverage coming from his breath as he spoke to me. I put Operator2 though Standardized Field Sobriety Testing and found six positive clues for HGN and zero clues for the Walk and Turn test and One Legged Stand test.  Operator2 elected to submit to a Preliminary Breath Test that corroborated my field testing, showing a reading of .09. I arrested Operator2 for OUI and took him the McHenry Public Safety Building for processing. When at the barracks, Operator2 submitted to the intoximeter, with the Intoximeter Operator finding him to have a BAC reading of .05. I then issued Operator2 two citations, one for Negligent Operation and one for PWC/Distance violations.
  
  A court date of 10/06/2016 has been set for Operator2's violations.
   
   
  All events occurred in Garrett County, Maryland.
  