MEC&F Expert Engineers : FISHING BOAT GROUNDS OFF POINT PLEASANT BEACH IN NEW JERSEY

Wednesday, April 8, 2015

FISHING BOAT GROUNDS OFF POINT PLEASANT BEACH IN NEW JERSEY






APRIL 8, 2015


POINT PLEASANT BEACH, NEW JERSEY


No injuries were reported after a boat washed up on Point Pleasant Beach Wednesday morning, authorities said.


The U.S. Coast Guard and local authorities are at the beach, according to a Facebook post from Point Pleasant Beach Fire Company #2. The fire company said the fishing boat Capt. Gavin ran around 5 a.m. before washing ashore.


The local Coast Guard office declined to comment on the investigation, saying no information was available at this time.

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The Coast Guard is responding to a fishing boat aground Wednesday in Point Pleasant Beach, New Jersey.

A crew-member aboard the 77-foot fishing boat, Capt. Gavin, homeported in Atlantic City, contacted watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Delaware Bay at approximately 5:15 a.m. reporting the boat ran aground one mile south of Manasquan Inlet.

The three people aboard reported no injuries.

Coast Guard Station Manasquan Inlet launched a 47-foot Motor Life Boat crew in response to the vessel aground. Station Manasquan Inlet also has a crew on the beach monitoring the situation.

No pollution or damage has been reported.