NAGS HEAD, N.C. — A stunning scene on the Marc Basnight Bridge at Oregon Inlet on the Outer Banks Monday afternoon — a modular home had been blown off the truck transporting it and was pinned up against the guardrail on the bridge.

The North Carolina Highway Patrol said approximately 65 to 70 mph winds caused the home to disconnect from the trailer.

“There was a little bit of time there where we were literally praying and we were unsure about what was going to happen," said Rex Mann, the president of Mannkaniks, Inc. in Wanchese.

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Mann and his Mannkaniks Inc. crew got the call to assist from the North Carolina Highway Patrol.

“We were under the impression that it was

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