KINSTON, N.C. (WTVD) -- A dive team is searching for a man after the tractor-trailer he was driving ran off the side of a bridge and crashed into the Neuse River in Kinston, according to a WITN report.
Authorities said the driver hit the guardrail on one side of the bridge before driving off the road and into the river on the other side.
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Deputies found the tractor-tailor in the river with only about 20 feet of it sticking out of the water. Troopers said the truck is owned by a company out of Fayetteville.
The Highway Patrol said it was pulled from the river around 10:00 a.m. on Monday.
The dive team was able to locate the cab of the truck, but they did not see the driver inside, WITN reports.
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Highway traffic reopened just before 12 p.m.
The DOT said one lane of the bridge will remain closed until Friday while crews work to repair the damaged railing.