River Taxi found over 3 miles away from where it was docked, owner says JSO is investigating

The owner of St. Johns River Taxi said the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office is trying to figure out how one of her riverfront taxi pontoon boats managed to travel 3 miles down the St. Johns River early Tuesday morning.

“This morning, we were doing a school tour, got out to the docks at 8.30 this morning, the dock is behind the Double Tree Hotel on the Southbank. One of our boats was missing,” Heather Surface, owner of St. Johns River Taxi, said.

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Surface said she got a call from someone who lives in Arlington, saying they thought they saw her River Taxi pinned up against a dock.

She said the boat crossed under the Hart Bridge, the Matthews Bridge, passed Exchange Island, finally coming to a rest on the Eastbank of the St. Johns River near Arlington Marina

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