RedactedNarrative: On 09-18-15 at 2200hrs I was contacted by DNR Communications Center and advised of a boat accident victim being treated at Garrett Memorial Hospital. I placed a phone call to Garrett Memorial Hospital and was advised that the victim Victim had just been released from the hospital. The Hospital provided me with a cell phone number for Victim. I called Victim by phone and arranged to meet him. 
      I contacted victim and his wife. Victim stated that he was water skiing on Deep Creek Lake in the Skippers Point area when he lost his balance and fell while crossing the wake on the Starboard side of the vessel. Victim advised that he injured the left side of his rib cage when he struck the water. 
  Wife  advised that she was the observer at the time of the incident and saw Victim fall as he was crossing the wake. Wife then informed operator who was operating the vessel at the time. Operator then circled back and assisted in retrieving Victim from the water. Victim drove the vessel back to the private dock, and then drove himself to Garrett Memorial Hospital accompanied by his wife. Victim was treated at Garrett Memorial Hospital for a contusion to his left rib cage, and released from the Hospital.
      I inspected the vessel (MD-3021-BS) and observed that all required safety equipment was aboard, and that the vessel appeared to be in good operating condition. All events occurred in Garrett County Maryland, I cleared the incident on 09-18-15 at 1159hrs.
   