Car Drives Into Raritan River In Edison

EDISON, NJ — Edison police detectives are investigating who and why someone drove a car off a municipal boat dock into the Raritan River shortly before 6:30 a.m. Tuesday at the Edison Boat Basin in Edison Township. Nobody was in the car when it was pulled out of the murky river water.

Police found the unoccupied, badly damaged blue car submerged and resting against a dock at the Edison Boat Basin. Once the 2006 Chevy Cavalier was pulled from the water, police saw that its transmission had been left in drive and its keys were in the ignition, Officer Matthew Eitel said in his initial report.

The car’s front and rear windshields appeared to be intentionally smashed and its rear-end was badly damaged. Police later found a quantity of shattered auto glass near a telephone pole on nearby Meadow Drive, which leads to the boat basin. Edison police Detectives Frank Varga and Michael Horvath are investigating the incident. These photos from the scene were supplied by Edison police. The New Brunswick fire department was also called in to help fish the car out of the river.

Photos supplied to Patch by Edison police