'Amazing man': Wife remembers husband who died after crashing off bridge in Virginia By: WTKR Staff and last updated 2021-01-01 15:23:52-05 VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. - 47-year-old Erik Mezick was a wonderful husband, father, and friend. Mezick left his home in Fruitland, Maryland on Monday around 10 p.m., according to his wife of 25 years, Megan. He hopped in his Cloverland Greenspring Dairy box truck, ready to deliver dairy products to Cape Charles and Virginia Beach. It was a 130-mile trip, a job he had only had since March. On his way back north, the family's world was turned upside down in seconds. Mezick driving northbound around 8:20 a.m., Tuesday, went over the guard rail on the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel, plunging into the bay near Mile Marker 14.