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Truck cab dangles from bridge 70 feet over river, driver rescued

By Natalie Dreier, Cox Media Group National Content Desk
By Natalie Dreier, Cox Media Group National Content Desk

CHESAPEAKE, Va. — A gust of wind pushed a tractor-trailer’s cab over the edge of a bridge, leaving it dangling 70 feet over a river in Chesapeake, Virginia, Monday.

Virginia State Police told WAVY Wayne Boone was behind the wheel of the rig when the wind pushed the empty trailer into another lane, causing Boone to lose control.

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The cab jumped the guardrail of the High Rise Bridge on Interstate 64 and hung over the side, The Associated Press reported.

The Chesapeake Fire Department lowered a crewmember over the bridge to connect Boone to a harness and haul him to safety, WAVY reported.

He was taken to an area hospital for non-life-threatening injuries.

truck accident In this Monday, April 13, 2020, photo provided by the Chesapeake Fire Department, a Chesapeake firefighter tries to rescue the driver of a tractor trailer on the High Rise Bridge over the Elizabeth River, in Chesapeake, Va. Firefighters in Virginia made the daring rescue of the truck driver whose tractor trailer was nearly blown off the bridge. The truck jack-knifed on Interstate 64 and crashed into the side of the bridge over the river, leaving the driver stuck in his cab dangling 70 feet above the water. (Steven Bradley/AP)


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