Cargo Ship Crashes Into Man’s Yard After Crewman Fell Asleep, Police Say

Ship crashed into garden after officer fell asleep

The watch officer of a large container ship that crashed into a garden in central Norway fell at...

Ship happens: Man awakes to find 443-foot cargo vessel ran aground in his backyard

A 443-foot cargo ship ran aground near Johan Helberg's home in Norway after the watch officer fell asleep. No injuries reported, but an investigation is underway.

OSLO - The duty officer of a large container ship that ran aground on a private property in the Norwegian town of Binessere, nearly hitting a house, has admitted to police that he fell asleep at the time of the incident, when he was alone on duty.

Johan Helberg woke up with a big surprise in front of his door. ...

Johan Helberg, a Norwegian man who lives in a fjord near Trondheim, woke up this Thursday with a huge freighter very close to his house. The noise caused by the boat docking did not wake Helberg, but it was a neighbor who came to worry about him. The NCL Salten, 135 meters long and with 16 people on board, lost its course and ran aground a few meters from Helberg’s house. The first reports reported by the Norwegian media pointed out that the fre…

‘It was unreal’: Norwegian man wakes up to huge cargo ship crashed in his front garden

The incident occurred early Thursday, as per a report, as the huge cargo ship crashed at a stone's throw from his fjord-side house – and he stepped through the commotion.