(CNN) File this case under "only in Boston."

A man hijacked a lobster truck, making off with $10,000 worth of the shellfish -- prompting employees of a warehouse to jump into another lobster truck and give chase.

The bizarre incident happened early Tuesday in the historic neighborhood of Charlestown.

Employees of Buy New England Lobsters were packing up orders for a European client when they saw the box truck driving away, sales director Peter Lagorio told CNN.

Employees jumped into another box truck -- and a short, but odd, chase involving two lobster trucks followed. "The suspect refused to stop but instead deliberately crashed the stolen truck into the second box truck," Boston police said in its report.

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