{"id":44695,"date":"2025-07-12T03:28:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-12T08:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/?p=44695"},"modified":"2025-07-12T00:59:20","modified_gmt":"2025-07-12T05:59:20","slug":"truck-smashes-through-barrier-and-plunges-off-a-bridge-into-the-delaware-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/?p=44695","title":{"rendered":"Truck smashes through barrier and plunges off a bridge into the Delaware River"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">WILMINGTON, Del. &#8212;&nbsp;A tractor-trailer cab crashed through a concrete barrier Friday and plunged off the Delaware Memorial Bridge into the Delaware River, authorities said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">It wasn&#8217;t clear how many people were in the cab, which was found in about 20 feet of water, according to the Delaware River Bay and Authority.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Two four-lane spans make up the bridge that connects Delaware and New Jersey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The truck, which was heading into Delaware, crossed three lanes of traffic before striking the barrier and going into the river early Friday morning, according to the river authority.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Rescue crews and dive teams from several agencies, including the U.S. Coast Guard, were involved in the search for the cab.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The cause of the crash was under investigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/wireStory\/truck-smashes-barrier-plunges-off-bridge-delaware-river-123682569\">abcnews<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WILMINGTON, Del. &#8212;&nbsp;A tractor-trailer cab crashed through a concrete barrier Friday and plunged off the Delaware Memorial Bridge into the Delaware River, authorities said. It wasn&#8217;t clear how many people were in the cab, which was found in about 20 feet of water, according to the Delaware River Bay and Authority. Two four-lane spans make [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":44696,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1154],"tags":[4182,3317,2375],"class_list":["post-44695","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-trending","tag-delaware","tag-river","tag-through"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44695","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=44695"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44695\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44697,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44695\/revisions\/44697"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/44696"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=44695"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=44695"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=44695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}