VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) – A driver for Perdue Farms is dead after a tractor-trailer crash at the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel (CBBT) Sunday morning, according to Perdue Farms in a statement.
The crash happened at around 6:30 a.m. on Sunday, sending the southbound semi overboard into the water off the west side of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel, which includes a series of bridges and underwater tunnels.
The U.S. Coast Guard and Virginia Beach Marine Police also assisted in the search for the driver.
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Nexstar’s WAVY captured the image below of those search efforts:
Perdue Farms later confirmed its driver died in the crash…