Salisbury Daily Times
A family member has confirmed the body of Erik Mezick, the Fruitland man who was behind the wheel of a box truck that went over the side of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel in December, has been found in North Carolina.
Erik Mezick was driving for Cloverland Green Spring Dairy on a route that passed over the bridge-tunnel when his truck plunged into the Chesapeake Bay on the morning of Dec. 29, 2020.
Initial efforts to locate him were unsuccessful, but family, friends and community members refused to give up the search. The Finding Erik Mezick Facebook page and its more than 8,600 followers helped to keep the effort going.
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The search team is asking recreational boaters to steer clear of the area around the bridge-tunnel on Friday and Saturday, because air bubbles caused by boat traffic make the sonar more difficult to see.
Erik Mezick (Courtesy WAVY TV)
Family and friends of a delivery driver whose truck plunged off the side of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel last week have launched a Facebook page to help find him.
“We are being told by search and rescue experts that he is drifting in the region of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel. This is an ‘all call’ to people in the region who can help search for him,” his family wrote on the Finding Erik Mezick page. “We ask for anyone that is on the water this time of year to keep a close eye out! He needs to be brought home so this family can get some closure.”