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.