The driving force killed when his tractor-trailer cab plunged off the Delaware Memorial Bridge was a married dad from Brooklyn.
Zair Murzakov, 35, died when the automobile he was driving crossed three lanes and crashed by way of a concrete wall at round 3:40 a.m. on Friday, plunging greater than 170 ft into the Delaware River under, the Delaware River and Bay Authority (DRBA) mentioned.
Murzakov was touring from New Jersey into Delaware when he immediately crossed three lanes and hit the concrete wall, officers mentioned, as the precise circumstances are nonetheless being investigated.
A fundraiser has already collected greater than $17,000 to pay for Murzakov’s physique to be shipped again to his homeland, with out detailing the place that’s.
His household’s “greatest wish is to bring their loved one back to his homeland and lay him to rest with dignity and tradition,” the fundraiser states of the married father.
The cab had no trailer hooked up on the time and was registered in West Chester Township, Ohio, Delaware Public Media reported.
Water and tide situations meant that Murzakov’s physique and the trailer weren’t recovered till shortly after 11 a.m. on Saturday, some 20 ft under the water, the DRBA mentioned.
A crane and barge from the Bridge Ship Collision Safety building challenge supplied assist to the Delaware State Police Marine dive unit, Holloway Terrace Fireplace Firm, and different restoration teams.
