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

Cargo ship crashes into man's yard in Norway after crewman fell asleep

A massive cargo ship ran aground in Norway, just 15 feet from a man's bedroom at his seaside cottage. The ship, registered in Cyprus, had 16 crew members on board. Nobody was hurt, and the ship's watchman admitted he fell asleep.

Johan Helberg woke up on Thursday morning and found that the view of his backyard, of a Norwegian fjord, had become on the side of a giant ship. A cargo ship, NCL Salten, ran aground around 5 a.m. on Thursday, passing very close to his home on the coast of Byneset, a part of the city of Trondheim, in central Norway. Police said Friday that his investigation was focusing on the officer leading the boat, saying that he told them that he had fallen…

Johan Helberg, 75, was sleeping when the 132-meter-long container ship made a major landfall just meters from his bed. It wasn't until a neighbor rang his doorbell that he realized, shaken, what had happened. "I don't even think it was loud, it was more like a low, drawn-out but muffled sound that I slept through," he says.

The helmsman of the ship that ended up in a Norwegian backyard on Thursday had fallen asleep when he was alone on the bridge. The 30-year-old Ukrainian admitted this to the police. The man has been arrested for negligence. The captain has also been identified as a suspect, which is a formality in this type of accident. No other technical problems were found on board. "He is shocked by what happened, but also glad that the consequences were not w…

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.