A shocking and heartbreaking crash rocked South Jersey and Delaware communities early Friday morning, July 11, when a tractor-trailer cab plunged off the Delaware Memorial Bridge and into the river.
What We Know So Far
According to multiple reports, the semi-cab was traveling without its trailer and heading southbound on I-295 into Delaware around 3:40 a.m.
That’s when it veered across three lanes of traffic. The truck then mounted a concrete pad and crashed through a concrete barrier, plummeting off the side of the bridge straight down into the Delaware River.
Search crews did later located the cab submerged in roughly 20 feet of water…