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Cargo Ship Mistakenly Hooks, Hauls in Truck
A truck driver had to jump to safety after a massive cargo ship reeled in a line attached to the pickup, dragging it into the harbor.
A Baltimore port worker had to jump for his life when a cargo ship began reeling in the pickup truck he was in, ultimately submerging the truck in the harbor.
The MSC Ilona drug a pickup truck off the dock Saturday evening at the Port of Baltimore, reports The Baltimore Sun.
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The pickup’s driver jumped out before the truck hit the water, First Sgt. Glend McGuire, a spokesman for the Maryland Transportation Authority police, told the newspaper.
Pickup trucks are used to tether the ship’s lines on the dock, and multiple trucks were untethering the lines as the Ilona prepared to leave port Saturday, McGuire explained. The ship’s crew mistakenly thought all of the trucks had released their lines, thus dragging the one still-connected truck with it as it left the dock.
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»Photos of pickup truck drug into Baltimore Harbor courtesy of the Maryland Transportation Authority
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