Driver dies after tractor-trailer goes over the side of the CBBT

RIGHT OFF THE TOP AT 5 --
WE'RE ON BREAKING NEWS.
THE DRIVER OF A TRACTOR
TRAILER HAS DIED AFTER
HIS RIG WENT OVER THE
SIDE OF
THE CHESAPEAKE BAY
BRIDGE-TUNNEL.
THE NEWS BROKE AT MIDDAY,
AND THESE IMAGES COME
FROM CHOPPER 10
THE DRIVER DIED ON THE
WAY TO THE HOSPITAL
ABOARD A NAVY HELICOPTER.
WINDS WERE BLOWING MORE
THAN 30 MILES PER HOUR,
PROMPTING WIND
RESTRICTIONS.
10 ON YOUR SIDE'S ERIN
KELLY JOINS US LIVE. ERIN
-- YOU TALKED TO ANOTHER
TRUCK DRIVER
NEAR THE BRIDGE.
WE FOUND HIM IN THIS
PARKING LOT, THE WIND
RATTLING HIS OWN TRUCK.
HE HEARD THE NEWS COME IN
THEIR HEARTFELT
CONDOLENCES GO OUT
TO THOSE WHO KNEW THE
VICTIM.
CHOPPER 10 SHOWS THE
PLACE WHERE THE DRIVER OF
A TRACTOR TRAILER WENT
OVER THE SIDE OF THE
CHESAPEAKE BAY BRIDGE
MILE MARKER 15, NOT FAR
FROM THE EASTERN SHORE.
THE RIG ENDED UP IN THE
MIDDLE OF BOTH SPANS OF
THE BRIDGE.
WINDS WERE GUSTING TO
ALMOST 40 MILES PER HOUR.
THE WAVES FIVE TO SEVEN
FEET -- WITH A
TEMPERATURE
OF 45 DEGREES. CHARLES
LATTIMORE - TRUCK DRIVER
C0026 - 908 WHEN I HEARD
THE DRIVER HAD WENT OVER
THE BRIDGE, I HAD GOT
THIS FAR, AND I JUST
PULLED IN
AND WAITED BECAUSE I KNEW
I WAS LIGHT SO I DIDN'T
TO NORFOLK, WATCHED AND
WAITED FROM
THE OVERLOOK ABOUT A MILE
AWAY. OFFICIALS SAY A
NAVY MH 60 HELICOPTER
RESCUED THE
DRIVER -- BUT HE DIED ON
THE WAY TO THE HOSPITAL.
CHARLES LATTIMORE - TRUCK
DRIVER
921 IT'S A HURTING
FEELING AND YOU KNOW OF
COURSE I SAID A PRAYER
FOR HIM AND THAT WAS
BEFORE I HEARD
THAT HE DIED. I WAS
HOPING THAT HE WAS GOING
TRAILERS AT THE TIME OF
THE
CRASH. THEY'RE STILL
INVESTIGATING WHAT CAUSED
IT.
CBBT OFFICIALS SAY THEY
DO HAVE VIDEO CAMERAS ON
THE BRIDGE-TUNNEL -- IT'S
NOT CLEAR IF THEY WILL BE
ABLE TO HELP IN THEIR
INVESTIGATION.
CREWS HAVE NOT YET
SALVAGED THE TRACTOR
TRAILER -- OFFICIALS SAY
IT HAS DRIFTED A FEW
MILES FROM THE BRIDGE.
LIVE AT THE CBBT, ERIN
KELLY, 10 ON YOUR SIDE.

Driver dies after tractor-trailer goes over the side of the CBBT

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