Tire blowout reported as trigger for trucker’s deadly crash off CBBT
Police have decided the reason for a semi truck driver’s deadly crash off the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel (CBBT) in Virginia Seaside, Virginia, final month, in response to a report.
The deadly crash occurred shortly earlier than 2 p.m. on June 22, 2023.
Thirty-six yr previous truck driver Chris Scott was northbound on the CBBT close to mile marker 1 when he crashed off the bridge and into the bay under.
After an intensive search involving the U.S. Coast Guard and different companies, Scott’s physique was discovered nonetheless contained in the cab of the submerged truck on June 23.
In keeping with a police report obtained by WAVY, one of many driver’s facet tires on Scott’s truck struck a curb close to the one mile marker. Following the tire blowout, “the entrance driver’s facet tire went up onto the curb and the truck crashed by means of the guard rail, touchdown within the Chesapeake Bay.”
The report additionally indicated that Scott was driving on the posted velocity restrict of 55 m.p.h.
