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Tragedy on the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel: How Perdue Farms’ Negligence Took a Life The Crash That Should Never Have Happened It was just after 6:30 a.m. on a Sunday morning in February 2026 when Ronnie Andrews, a 61-year-old Perdue Farms truck driver from Robersonville, North Carolina, lost control of his southbound tractor-trailer near the North Channel Bridge of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel. For reasons still under investigation, the truck careened off the west side of the bridge and plunged into the frigid Chesapeake Bay below. By Sunday night, authorities had recovered Andrews’ body along with the tractor and trailer from the water. No other vehicles were involved. Weather wasn’t a factor. And yet, a man who had spoken to his wife the night before—giving no indication he was tired or experiencing issues—was dead. This wasn’t just a tragic accident. It was a preventable disaster. And at Attorney911, we’ve seen this pattern before: corporate trucking operations cutting corners, pressuring drivers, and ignoring safety regulations until it’s too late. What We Know About the Incident The Timeline of Tragedy February 18, 2026, ~6:30 a.m.: Ronnie Andrews’ Perdue Farms tractor-trailer was traveling southbound near the North Channel Bridge, just south of Fisherman Island…