One dead after rig goes off Bay Bridge

Published 08/10/08

ANNAPOLIS (AP) A tractor-trailer plunged off the Bay Bridge on Sunday, killing the driver and causing massive traffic delays expected to last throughout the day.

WBAL-TV via AP A video grab released by WBAL-TV shows where a tractor-trailer crashed Sunday, into the Chesapeake Bay from the eastbound Bay Bridge and plunged into the water, killing the driver.

The tractor-trailer fell about 30 to 40 feet into shallow water about 4 a.m. and two other people were seriously injured in the three-vehicle accident, said Maryland Transportation Authority spokesman Jonathan Green, who did not immediately release the identities of those involved.

The accident on the eastbound span closed that bridge and traffic was diverted to the westbound span, which had been closed for maintenance.

The transportation authority said...

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8pm still at a standstill - 2008-08-10 20:19:50

Got on route 50 at 7pm, at the Bestgate entrance, an hour later and we haven't even made it to the Severn River bridge (about a mile, if that...). People are strolling around on the highway, cars and trucks are turning around and driving the wrong way to get off of the highway, and emergency vehicles can't get through.

This makes me realize how crippled we'd be if the Bay Bridge was ever completely "taken out" or otherwise destroyed. What a major disaster that'd be in more ways than one! I dont even travel the bridge, I live in Arnold, but we all travel the same way...

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