Officials: Assawoman Bay jet ski accident that injured teenager caused by user error

A jet ski accident in the Assawoman Bay on Friday that sent a 16-year-old boy to be airlifted to Peninsula Regional Medical Center was caused by operator error, officials say.

The 16-year-old and a 13-year-old boy ran aground into the marsh area near the Links at Lighthouse Sound in the Assawoman Bay around 2 p.m. on July 21, according to Candy Thomson, public information officer for the Maryland Natural Resources Police.

"You have a 16-year-old and a 13-year-old," she said. "They miscalculated."

Thomson said she could not release the condition of the 16-year-old. The 13-year-old was uninjured.

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