The incident occurred around 6:50 p.m. on Thursday evening, per WTOP News, when an SUV pickup truck collided with another vehicle from behind. The pickup’s driver lost control of their vehicle, swerving across the median and crashing through the bridge’s protective railing and into the freezing Potomac River.

Video shows a pickup swerve across all lanes of the Arlington Memorial Bridge in Washington, D.C., before it crashed into the freezing Potomac River Thursday.

Two people have died after a pickup truck crashed on the Arlington Memorial Bridge and plunged into the icy Potomac River during rush hour Thursday evening, authorities say.

First responders were busy on a snowy Thursday night when a vehicle was involved in a crash and caromed into the Potomac River. At approximately 7:30 p.m. on Jan. 16, DC Fire and EMS crews were called to a snowy stretch of the river,