The driver killed when his tractor-trailer cab plunged off the Delaware Memorial Bridge was a married dad from Brooklyn.
Zair Murzakov, 35, died when the vehicle he was driving crossed three lanes and crashed through a concrete wall at around 3:40 a.m. on Friday, plunging more than 170 feet into the Delaware River below, the Delaware River and Bay Authority (DRBA) said.
Zair Murzakov has been named as the driver killed in Friday’s crash on the Delaware Memorial Bridge. Gofundme
Murzakov was traveling from New Jersey into Delaware when he suddenly crossed three lanes and hit the concrete wall, officials said, as the exact circumstances are still being investigated.
A fundraiser has already collected more than $17,000 to pay for Murzakov’s body to be shipped back to his homeland, without detailing where that is.
His family’s “greatest wish is to bring their loved one back to his homeland and lay