See Delaware Memorial Bridge cameras following tractor-trailer accident into Delaware River
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The crash occurred about 3:40 a.m. when Delaware River and Bay Authority said a Bobtail Tractor traveling southbound on the Delaware Memorial Bridge into Delaware crossed three lanes of traffic, onto the concrete pad near the Delaware anchorage, and crashed into a concrete wall.
The tractor's impact collapsed the concrete wall and the tractor "careened into the Delaware River," the Authority's statement said.
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The accident occurred on the downslope of the Delaware-bound bridge. No other vehicles were impacted.
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