VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) - Authorities say a Navy helicopter plucked a driver from the roof of a tractor-trailer after it was swept off the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel by high winds and began floating in the water. The driver later died.
Bridge and tunnel deputy director Thomas Anderson says the driver -- 47 year old Joseph Chen of North Carolina -- died after his rescue Thursday.
U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer Corinne Zilnicki says the tractor-trailer was blown off the bridge shortly before 12:30 p.m. and the driver was rescued a little after 1.
Winds on the bridge-tunnel were about 40 mph Thursday, although Anderson says they had been much higher earlier in the day.