Box truck goes over Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel rail, Coast Guard suspends search for person possibly in water
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Web Staff
and last updated 2020-12-29 20:01:24-05
CAPE CHARLES, Va. - Officials are responding to a crash that happened Tuesday morning at the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel.
The crash happened around 8:30 a.m., at the 14MP Northbound on the CBBT. Officials said the vehicle involved is a two-axle, 6-tire box truck.
The truck went over the rail into the water the east side of the northbound span between North Channel Bridge and the northernmost island, Virginia Beach officials said.
Witnesses told officials that the box truck was traveling northbound just before the second island and was seen going into the water. Virginia Beach Fire, Virginia Beach Police, and Virginia Beach EMS are working together with the US Coast Guard and Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel Authority searching for one patient that maybe in the water.