RedactedNarrative: On 07/17/20 at approximately 4:00 P.M., I, OFC of the Maryland Natural Resources Police, was dispatched to a call from DNR Communications for a boat accident involving a juvenile. A 12-year-old boy had his legs cut by a boat propeller while tubing near the Riva Bridge area of the South River, Anne Arundel County, MD. Anne Arundel County Fire Department had transported the juvenile to Anne Arundel Medical Center Emergency Room before my arrival to the scene.
  
             I arrived at approximately 4:30 P.M. for further investigation on the boat accident. I met with the owner of the vessel, and his son, who was the operator. I was given a summary of the incident from Operator. Operator advised that he and his four cousins had gone out on a 2008 blue and white-colored Chaparral sterndrive pleasure vessel, bearing Maryland Registration “8228 BZ”, to go tubing. Operator was operating the vessel, with a passenger sitting along the vessel's port side and a passenger sitting in the vessel's bow area. Operator’s two cousins were on the tube being towed by the vessel near the Riva Bridge on the South River, MD. 
  
  The victim, had fallen off the tube and Operator had turned around to pick him up. When Operator pulled up to Victim, who was still in the water, he began complaining about the fit of his life jacket and requested a new one. Operator believed he had put the vessel in neutral and went to find a replacement PFD on the boat. Unbeknownst to Operator, the vessel was still in forward gear. Victim, who was at the port side of the vessel in the water, had traveled to the stern side where he was sucked into the vessel's propeller. One of the passengers heard Victim screaming in pain and saying that his legs were cut. Victim then frantically took off his PFD to swim to the vessel. Once onboard the vessel, Operator drove back to the dock.
  
             From there, Victim was taken to their house to try and stop the bleeding. Eventually, someone called 911 for medical assistance. Anne Arundel County Fire Department Medic 3 arrived at the location to provide medical treatment. Victim’s father had applied a tourniquet to his left leg and wrapped both feet in towels. Medic 3 stopped the bleeding with pressure bandages and transported Victim to Anne Arundel Medical Center Emergency Room.  
  
             Operator advised that he has been familiar with operating boats most of his life and has a boater safety card. He advised that he didn’t have any alcoholic beverages that day and showed no signs of intoxication. Furthermore, I did not smell any odor of an alcoholic beverage emanating from his breath. All safety equipment was on board the vessel after a brief inspection. The water conditions were calm with light traffic at the time of the incident. There was a long trace of blood leading from the Chaparral on the lift at the dock, leading to the house. OFC of the MD NRP, responded to AAMC to meet with Victim and his family.  
  
      The next day, OFC heard back from Victim's father from AAMC on his son's condition. The father had advised that Victim had all of his wounds thoroughly cleaned and 33 stitches to close the wounds. Victim was later released that evening and is recovering from his injuries. Calls have been attempted to reach out to Operator to negative results for more information about the passengers on the vessel for my report. During my initial interview, accurate personal information could not be gathered from all passengers onboard the vessel at the time.
  
  All events occurred in Anne Arundel County, MD.
  
  This case is closed.
  