ROANOKE TIMES 

                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: SATURDAY, March 25, 1995                   TAG: 9503270068
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: C-3   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: VIRGINIA BEACH                                 LENGTH: Short

TRUCK FALLS INTO BAY; DRIVER MISSING

A tractor-trailer jacknifed about 1 p.m. Friday on the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel and fell over the side into the water, authorities said.

Divers will resume their search of the 80-foot-deep section of the bay today.

The accident occurred when the southbound tractor-trailer approached a van that had stopped for a road work crew.

The driver apparently didn't see the situation until the last minute and hit the brakes. The tractor-trailer went over the west side of the North Channel bridge, said Lorraine Smith, a spokeswoman for the bridge-tunnel.

Neither the van nor the road workers were hit, but the tractor-trailer tore out 50 feet of guardrail and damaged some concrete.

- Associated Press 


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