CAPE CHARLES, Va. (AP)- The victims of a Friday crash on the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel were identified over the weekend as two men from Delaware.
Bridge officials say the crash happened around 6:30 Friday evening at the 12-mile marker southbound on the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel. Officials said a tractor trailer and a van collided, sending the tractor trailer off the bridge and into the water below.
According to a news release, the passenger, Christopher Fenner, 29, of Seaford, Del., was recovered from the tractor-trailer on Saturday evening. The body of the driver, Jervone Rakeem Hall, 32, of Bridgeville, Del., was located Sunday morning eight miles off of Fisherman's Island and was recovered by officers from the Virginia Marine Police around 1 p.m.
The four passengers in the van involved in the crash were treated and released from the scene, police said. The tractor-trailer went overboard on the west side of the southbound span between the North Channel Bridge and the northernmost island. The investigation into the crash is ongoing.
Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel maintenance crews made emergency repairs. The crash will require permanent repairs to fix extensive curb damage and guardrail damage, which will take several days, according to bridge officials.
