Boat In Tuckerton Crash Was Stolen, Fire Company Says

TUCKERTON, NJ - At first, Tuckerton Fire Company members thought they were responding to an unfortunate boating accident at the new bulkhead at South Green Street Park recently.

Instead, the accident was the result of a boat stolen in Little Egg Harbor that had crashed into the bulkhead at a high rate of speed, according to the Tuckerton Fire Department's Facebook page.

So members of the West Tuckerton and Mystic Island Fire Company's marine units pulled out their thermal imaging cameras. Tuckerton and Little Egg Harbor police collared a man after West Tuckerton fireghters spotted him under the deck of an abandoned house on South Green Street, according to the Facebook post.

Both the boat and the bulkhead were significantly damaged during crash.

New Jersey State Police will take over the investigation since it was a boating accident.

Photos: Courtesy of Tuckerton Fire Company