Sliding big rig ends up partially in river after slipping off barge

The front end of a semi truck rolled off a barge as it was floating across the Cape Fear River in North Carolina on Monday morning.

The incident happened at around 10:45 a.m. near Southport, North Carolina and Bald Head Island on July 30th.

The Coast Guard says that a SpartanNash grocery tractor trailer was being transported on the USS Brandon Randall when it began to slip overboard, partially submerging the engine.

The US Coast Guard was then called to the scene to help in rescuing the people inside the tractor and re-securing the big rig onto the barge, reported WWAYTV 3 News.

No one was injured in the incident, and the Coast Guard says that the barge was pulled into the Deep Point Marina following the incident.


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