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Tractor-Trailer Driver Missing After Crashing Into The Neuse River During Winter Storm

Sgt. Scott Hemby of the State Highway Patrol said a passer-by reported seeing debris on a bridge over the river early Sunday.

Divers in North Carolina have been searching for a missing driver whose tractor-trailer crashed through a guardrail and into a river during a massive winter storm.

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WRAL-TV reports that five members of a dive team searched the Neuse River in Kinston, North Carolina, for a missing truck driver Sunday.

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Sgt. Scott Hemby of the State Highway Patrol said a passer-by reported seeing debris on a bridge over the river early Sunday.

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North Carolina Department of Transportation officials used a large boat to help engineers inspect the bridge, while authorities tried to pull the truck out of the water Sunday afternoon.

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