By Cindy Clayton
The Virginian-Pilot
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — Firefighters rescued the driver of a tractor-trailer who was trapped inside the cab of her truck as it dangled from the bridge approaching the Monitor-Merrimac Memorial Bridge-Tunnel on Interstate 664, state police said.
The driver lost control of the truck in the southbound lanes shortly before 9 a.m. The truck ran off the right side of the road, hit the bridge, overturned and caught fire, said Sgt. Michelle Anaya, state police spokeswoman. The cab of the truck was left dangling over the James River with the driver inside.
As the fire was extinguished, rescuers parked a firetruck from Suffolk on the northbound bridge, and firefighters from Newport News were on the southbound bridge, Anaya said.
Full story: Driver rescued from truck cab hanging over I-664 bridge
Photo: Virginia State Police
A Newport News firefighter used ropes to get to a truck driver trapped in the cab of her tractor-trailer.