Saturday, September 3, 2016

Driver died after a tractor trailer overturned because of high winds from Tropical Storm Hermine on the Lindsay C. Warren Bridge east of Columbia, NC


One killed after tractor trailer overturns on Alligator River bridge from high winds

By Jeff Hampton
The Virginian-Pilot


COLUMBIA, N.C.

A man died early Saturday after a tractor trailer overturned because of high winds from Tropical Storm Hermine on the Lindsay C. Warren Bridge east of Columbia.

The truck overturned about 9:45 a.m. killing the driver, said Sheriff Darryl Liverman of Tyrrell County. The name of the deceased will be released later, he said.

The bridge tender reported a wind gust of 116 miles per hour earlier today, Liverman said.

A pickup truck pulling a trailer also overturned on the bridge about 7 a.m., he said. There were no serious injuries in that accident.

A tractor-trailer overturned on the bridge in February because of high winds.

The narrow, two-lane bridge is part of U.S. 64 and spans nearly three miles across the Alligator River connecting Tyrrell County to Dare County. The 56-year-old bridge has been considered for replacement.