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Driver Dies After Vehicle Goes Over Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel

BALTIMORE (WJZ) -- The driver of a tractor trailer is dead after his vehicle went off the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel, near the Eastern Shore in Virginia.

According to WTKR, the semi went off the bridge just after noon.

The driver was being taken to a hospital by helicopter, when he was pronounced dead.

Traffic on the bridge was closed for a time as crews worked to clear the scene.

 

 

 

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