Video: Divers save sunken forklift at Port Tampa Bay

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HCSO Dive Team helps pull forklift from water

The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office released bodycam video showing the effort to save a forklift that sank in 40 feet of water at Port Tampa Bay on Tuesday, June 24.

The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office is crediting members of its Dive Team and Marine Enforcement Section for successfully recovering a forklift that sank in 40 feet of water.

The backstory:

HCSO says the forklift rolled off a berth at Port Tampa Bay on Tuesday.

Bodycam video from the sheriff's office shows the Dive Team and Marine Enforcement Section working to get the large equipment back on dry land.

No injuries were reported, according to the sheriff's office.

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The Source: This story was written with information and video from the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office.

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