Boat Lost In Fog Runs Aground In Ortley Beach

TOMS RIVER, NJ — A boater who was headed south got lost in the fog and wound up on the beach in Ortley Beach over the Memorial Day weekend, Toms River police said.

The boat was reported overturned and abandoned at the end of Holiday Road near Dune Terrace on Saturday, Lt. Gene Bachonski said.

Authorities found the Hydra-Sports boat anchored to the beach with two anchors and no one around it, he said.

When they tracked down the boat's owner, Khalid Hakin, he told authorities he was sailing south with a final destination of Florida but got lost in the fog, Bachonski said.

There were no injuries and the boat was towed from the beach.