Driving through heavy winds, a tractor-trailer plunged off a bridge into the frigid waters of the Chesapeake Bay on Thursday. NYC DOORMAN DIES SHOVELING SNOW DURING WINTER STORMThe truck driver died on the way to a hospital in Norfolk, said Thomas Anderson, deputy director of the Virginia-based Chesapeake Bay Bridge and Tunnel District. Anderson says 12 people have driven off the bridge since it opened in 1964, and 10 of those people, including the truck driver, have died. Zilnicki said heavy winds had forced a Coast Guard helicopter to abort its initial rescue mission. Laurie Naismith, a spokeswoman for the Virginia Marine Resources Commission, said winds also thwarted her agency's attempts to use boats to rescue the truck driver.

Source: Fox News February 10, 2017 05:58 UTC