Clean River Project down to last four vehicles in Merrimack
Posted by Common on Oct 1, 2009 in Crime • No comments
More stolen vehicles pulled from Merrimack River
By J.J. Huggins
October 01, 2009
METHUEN — Ronald Reagan was president when the rusted 1977 Pontiac Grand Prix was dumped in the Merrimack River. The car, which was reported stolen in Lowell in 1982, was probably ditched in the river that same year. A crew from Clean River Project, state police and Coady’s Towing pulled it out of the water in Methuen yesterday, near the Dracut line off Route 110. The group also pulled half of a 1980s model Dodge — probably a pickup truck — from the same area, and a late 1990s model Toyota 4Runner reported stolen in Lawrence in 2003 that was in the water behind Lin Garden Restaurant & Lounge in Dracut, said Rocky Morrison, founder and president of the volunteer Clean River Project. The 4Runner was probably in the water since 2003, Morrison said.
The group has pulled about 30 cars out of the river during the last couple of years. Seven cars were pulled from the water on Aug. 21. There are possibly four more in the water in the area, Morrison said. “So we’re down to our last four vehicles, unless somebody throws another in,” he said.
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