RedactedNarrative: On Sunday, August 23, 2020, at approximately 1421 hours, I was dispatched to the Discovery Village Boat Ramp for a report of a PWC operator that sustained an injury. MD NRP communications advised that Anne Arundel County EMS was en route to Discovery Village. I responded by land due to the PWCs meeting AA Co. EMS at the boat ramp, located at the address above.
  
      Upon my arrival to Discovery Village, at 1440 hours, I met with OPERATOR 1’s wife, and the OPERATOR 2. I observed two PWC's tied to the ramp's dock. Both PWCs were Honda Aquatrax R-12x and owned by OPERATOR 1. The PWC that OPERATOR 1 was operating, when he was injured, displayed Maryland registration 5025 BX. OPERATOR 2 advised that he was on the second PWC bearing Maryland registration 5024 BX. OPERATOR 1’s wife advised that she was not there when the accident occurred, but she did call EMS for OPERATOR 1 and met them at the boat ramp. She stated that OPERATOR 1 had severe lacerations to his left knee cap and was bleeding pretty heavily. When I asked OPERATOR 2 what he saw, he stated that he was ahead of OPERATOR 1 when the accident occurred and did not observe what happened. He only saw OPERATOR 1 in the water and attempting to get back on his PWC. By the time that I arrived, AA Co. EMS was leaving with the operator and was headed to Anne Arundel Medical Center (AAMC), located at 2001 Medical Parkway, Annapolis, MD 21401, for further evaluation.
  
      I arrived at Anne Arundel Medical Center at approximately 1535 hours to meet with OPERATOR 1, and to obtain a voluntary witness statement. OPERATOR 1 advised that he was heading north on the South River between the Route 2 bridge and the Riva Bridge, just outside the speed zone, at approximately 30 kts, when he hit a wake that he didn't see. The closest land address was 237 Edgewater Road, Edgewater, MD 21037. He flipped over the PWC's handles bars, subsequently hitting his left knee on the handle bars causing two severe lacerations to his knee cap. Both OPERATOR 1 and OPERATOR 2, made their way back on their respective PWCs to Discovery Village to meet with AA Co. EMS. OPERATOR 1 explained that there wasn't too much boat traffic, but the waves were bouncing around due to the narrow portion of the river. He did have his life jacket and safety kill switch engaged at the time of the accident.
  
      On Monday, August 24, 2020, I made contact with OPERATOR 1 to follow up on his status. He advised that he went into emergency surgery late Sunday evening due to internal bleeding behind his knee cap and a partially torn ligament. He explained that AAMC has him on strong medication to help alleviate the pain and should be released by Monday afternoon. He also said that he will be out of work for two to three months due to recovery and rehabilitation.
  
  All events occurred in Anne Arundel County, MD.
  
  This case is closed.