A 168-foot water tanker ran aground on Front Street in Stapleton.

(Photo by Sean Sweeney)

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- The winds of Hurricane Sandy forced a 168-foot water tanker to run aground on Front Street, near Bay Street in Stapleton, on Monday.

Nobody was injured, according to a report on

.

The front third of tanker is sitting on Front street. It was moored about a mile away.