Swimmers honor late box truck driver who plunged off CBBT by swimming length of bridge
and last updated 2021-07-07 18:27:22-04
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. - Erik Mezick, husband and father of two teens, died surrounded by something he loved so much - the water. It was sad to see him pass in a drowning being such a strong swimmer, said Kevin Mezick, Erik s brother.
Mezick, age 47, died in December 2020. The box truck he was driving on the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel towards Virginia Beach when he hit the guard rail, overturned and died plunging into 38 degree water. Erik touched people in a special way, said Coach Mike Lahey, coach of the Delmarva Dogfish.
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