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Sonar technology used in Virginia Beach box truck driver s search and recovery effort

Sonar technology used in Virginia Beach box truck driver s search and recovery effort and last updated 2020-12-30 22:39:34-05 VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. - Sonar technology was strategically deployed across the vast waterways of Hampton Roads Wednesday. The operation was carried out by the Port of Virginia’s Maritime Incident Response Team to try and locate Erik Mezick’s body after the box truck he was driving veered off the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel Tuesday and plunged into the water. Bill Burket is the director of the maritime response team for the Port of Virginia. He coordinated the multi-agency response effort with the Virginia Beach Police, Virginia Beach Fire Department, Virginia Beach EMS and Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel Police.

UPDATED: Coast Guard suspends search for truck driver in crash off Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel

The Coast Guard has suspended the search for a driver whose box truck crashed off the side of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel Tuesday morning near Virginia Beach. Several state and local agencies continued searching for the missing driver late Tuesday afternoon. Courtesy Virginia Beach Fire Department Authorities received a 911 call at 8:26 a.m. about the 20-foot truck going off the side of the bridge in the northbound lanes near the second island of the bridge complex. Witnesses reported seeing the truck go into the water and a man exit and drift west, according to the Coast Guard. In addition to searches through the day by local police and fire departments, the Coast Guard searched approximately 178 square miles with multiple crews and assets from Coast Guard Station Cape Charles, the Coast Guard Cutter Hawk, and Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City, N.C.

DEVELOPING: Fruitland man identified as driver in Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel crash

Box truck drove off Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel; fate of driver unknown

Box truck drove off Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel; fate of driver unknown
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