Crews work to remove a truck’s wreckage from the water on Friday, June 23, 2023, after it fell off the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel in Virginia Beach, Va. Stockwell said divers rigged up the vehicle with lifting straps, and a crane barge was used to recover it from the waters before the truck was transported to shore for analysis. It had to be pulled to the west side of the southbound span. Recovery efforts were challenging because the tractor-trailer was submerged between the northbound and southbound bridge sections, “making it a more complicated recovery between the trestles,” Stockwell said. Scott during this difficult time,” said Jeff Holland, Executive Director of the CBBT, in a statement.

“The thoughts and prayers of everyone at the CBBT are with the family and loved ones of Mr.

Jennifer Stockwell told The Pilot that divers conducting the search located the truck with Scott’s body inside. The operations continued into mid-day Friday, when USCG Capt. More than a dozen search and rescue organizations, including Virginia Beach police, the Virginia Beach Fire Department and the U.S. Thursday when the rig he was driving fell off the side of the bridge about a mile from Chic’s Beach, according to bridge-tunnel officials. Scott, 36, of Henrico County, was traveling northbound from Virginia Beach toward the Eastern Shore around 1:50 p.m. VIRGINIA BEACH - On the second day of a massive search and rescue effort on the waters below the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel, a dive team confirmed the fears: The driver of a tractor-trailer that went overboard was dead inside the truck’s cab.Ĭhristopher A. E-Pilot Evening Edition Home Page Close Menu

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