While a passenger was able to get out, the driver, Trop Topash, was still stuck in the white pickup after driving it into the ocean around 2:30 p.m., Kill Devil Hills police said.
First responders were able to get Topash, 41, out of the truck and secure it. It was eventually towed.
A curfew was still in effect when the incident happened, police said.
Topash was arrested, police said. Charges were not immediately known.
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