{"id":368276,"date":"2018-07-06T16:14:53","date_gmt":"2018-07-06T15:14:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/18-wheeler-truck-marooned-on-beach-after-taking-wrong-turn-video-rt-us-news\/"},"modified":"2018-07-06T16:14:53","modified_gmt":"2018-07-06T15:14:53","slug":"18-wheeler-truck-marooned-on-beach-after-taking-wrong-turn-video-rt-us-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/18-wheeler-truck-marooned-on-beach-after-taking-wrong-turn-video-rt-us-news\/","title":{"rendered":"18 wheeler-truck marooned on beach after taking wrong turn (VIDEO) \u2014 RT US News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdni.rt.com\/files\/2018.07\/thumbnail\/5b3f4077fc7e9334788b45ba.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>        Video footage has captured the travails of a hapless truck driver who ended up marooned on a North Carolina beach after taking a wrong turn.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The 18-wheeler truck-trailer got into trouble on North Carolina\u2019s Corolla beach near Outer Banks this week. According to local news outlet WVEC-TV, the driver made an error following directions and ended up in the unfortunate situation.<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fphoto.php%3Ffbid%3D10216531906432489%26set%3Da.10203292089245334.1073741830.1303022507%26type%3D3&amp;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"472\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allow=\"encrypted-media\"><\/iframe><center\/><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Local man Drew Kilkenny shot footage of the mission to rescue the 53-foot long truck. Video filmed by the eyewitness shows the large Interstate Van Lines vehicle trapped on soft sand near a dune as a man uses a shovel to dig a pathway for the truck to escape. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Kilkenny said temperatures reached around 90 degrees Fahrenheit (32C) while authorities and breakdown tow truck personnel toiled to free the stricken vehicle. Local authorities said the driver attempted a U-turn on the picturesque beach. However, the wheels ultimately became trapped in the fine sand.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"media__youtube-frame\" width=\"100%\" height=\"300px\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PE75Sz1EmR8\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>If you like this story, share it with a friend!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/usa\/431894-outer-banks-truck-beach\/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=RSS\">RT<\/a>. This piece was reprinted by <a href=\"http:\/\/rinf.com\">RINF Alternative News<\/a> with permission or license.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Video footage has captured the travails of a hapless truck driver who ended up marooned on a North Carolina beach after taking a wrong turn. The 18-wheeler truck-trailer got into trouble on North Carolina\u2019s Corolla beach near Outer Banks this week. According to local news outlet WVEC-TV, the driver made an error following directions and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":368277,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[519],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-368276","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-newswire"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368276","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=368276"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368276\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/368277"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=368276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=368276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=368276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}