Empty car submerged in lake at Forest Hills Cemetery

The Boston Fire Department pulled a car out of a lake at Forest Hills Cemetery in Jamaica Plain Monday.Boston Fire De

No one was inside a car that was found submerged in Lake Hibiscus at Forest Hills Cemetery in Jamaica Plain on Monday, officials said.

The Boston Fire Department responded to a report of a car in the lake at about 4:40 p.m., the department said in a Twitter post.

“The BFD dive team was able to inspect the vehicle & do a grid search of the area with no findings,” BFD tweeted.

A tow wench was used to pull the car out of the water, the fire department tweeted.

BFD responded to a car in Lake Hibiscus at Forest Hills Cemetery @ 16:40. The BFD dive team was able to inspect the vehicle & do a grid search of the area with no findings. Rescue 2 used their tow wench to pull the car out of the water where ⁦⁦BPD con’t their investigation pic.twitter.com/DxRCAD3PCk

— Boston Fire Dept. (@BostonFire) June 13, 2022

Police also responded to the incident at 95 Forest Hills Ave., where the cemetery is located, said Officer Stephen McNulty, a Boston police spokesman.

No one was inside the car, said Janice Stetz, assistant treasurer at Forest Hills Cemetery.

A security guard saw the man who owns the car earlier in the day, recognized him, and was able to point the man out to police, Stetz said shortly before 7 p.m.

“It wasn’t an accident,” Stetz said.

No further information was immediately available.