Daawuud Z. Hakim, 45, killed when truck goes off Chesapeake Bay Bridge on May 15.

A recovery effort is underway after a tractor trailer crashed into a maintenance truck before jack-knifing and crashing into the Chesapeake Bay Thursday morning.

The tractor trailer traveled over the bridge near mile marker 15 shortly after 10:00 a.m.

The tractor trailer driver was heading northbound, as workers were on the CBBT making repairs to cracks.

The tractor trailer crashed into one of the maintenance trucks, as well as a light pole, police say. It then went over the railing and into the water.

Navy crews have hooked up cables to the cab of the truck and the trailer to keep them from drifting, officials say. The truck was visible above the surface for quite a while but has since sunk.

Virginia Beach Fire and EMS teams are on scene, attempting to recover what was reported as a single occupant of the truck, police say.

So far, nobody has made contact with the driver.

Navy sources tell NewsChannel 3 that they provided a rescue swimmer who made multiple attempts to try and reach the driver. However, the cab of the truck was reportedly too damaged for the swimmer to breach.