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Woman ejected from Bay Bridge crash swims to safety
WTOP News Online ^ | 20 July 2013 | WTOP News

Posted on 07/20/2013 9:54:56 AM PDT by COBOL2Java


A tractor trailer hit a car sending the driver over the guardrail of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge. (MSHA Bay Bridge camera)


WASHINGTON - A collision involving a tractor-trailer and two vehicles sent a car and its driver over the side of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge and down 40 feet into the water on Friday night, but the driver was able to climb to safety.

Anne Arundel County Fire Battalion Chief Steve Thompson said the driver, a 22- year-old woman, was rescued and flown to Maryland Shock Trauma in Baltimore. She was in critical condition late Friday with non-life-threatening injuries.

Thompson said the collision occurred at about 8:25 p.m. Friday in the eastbound lanes of the bridge, which connects Maryland's Eastern Shore with the rest of the state, including Annapolis.

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To: COBOL2Java

So did the truck driver stop? Did someone get a license plate or some other identifying logo?


41 posted on 07/24/2013 4:33:43 PM PDT by notpoliticallycorewrecked (Our military does not kill babies, those that commit abortion kill babies.)
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