Truck Goes Over Chesapeake Bay Bridge, Recovery Mission Underway


WTKR reports that the truck hit a maintenance truck and jackknifed, causing the truck to go over the rail.

Tom Anderson, Deputy Director of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel, told WAVY, that  the driver likely did not see that the lane was closed until the last second.  The driver swerved, causing the tractor-trailer to jackknife.

*A news source reported that divers recovered an unresponsive person, however that information has not been confirmed and has since been deleted by the news source.