Watch officer of ship that crashed into garden fell asleep, police say

Police say the ship's watch officer admitted to being asleep during the incident in Norway.

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Investigators said the man, a Ukrainian national in his thirties, admitted to falling asleep while on duty on his own.

He has been charged with negligent navigation and police are also investigating whether rules regarding working and rest hours were adhered to on board the vessel.

The 135m-ship (443ft) missed a house by metres when it ran aground on Thursday morning in Byneset, near Trondheim, central Norway. Efforts to refloat it have been unsuccessful so far.

"The individual charged was the officer on watch at the time of the incident," the prosecutor in Trøndelag Police District said in a press statement.