CBBT says around 1:45 a.m. a tractor trailer crashed on Two Island at the Thimble Shoal Tunnel before become engulfed in flames. The truck was reportedly transporting frozen chickens – which spilled into the roadway. Tunnel traffic was blocked in both directions as fire crews from Virginia Beach, Cape Charles and Cheriton responded.

According to officials, around 1:45 a.m., a tractor-trailer carrying frozen chicken was traveling southbound on Two Island at the Thimble Shoal Tunnel of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge

A single vehicle crash on the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel caused a full closure of travel lanes in both directions early Wednesday morning.

The single-vehicle crash happened on Two Island at Thimble Shoal Tunnel of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel around 1:45 a.m.