From Brick PD: At approximately 4:45 this afternoon, a pickup truck was backing down the boat launch ramp to launch a trailered boat at Lightning Jack’s Marina on Ridge Rd. in Brick Township. While the driver was backing the trailer into the water, he thought the boat was sliding off the trailer, so, believing he had placed the pickup truck in park, he exited the vehicle to check on the boat and trailer. When he got out of the pickup truck, it started to roll backwards further down the ramp. He was unable to get back into the truck to try to apply the brakes. The truck, trailer and boat all went into the water, and the boat floated off the trailer. The pickup was completely submerged upon police arrival.

There were no injuries, and no damage to the boat or trailer. Dive rescue and fire rescue teams responded, as did a tow truck. The pickup truck was pulled from the water and brought to a local tow garage.