Warren Teal, veteran Richmond businessman and VUU alum, was killed yesterday in a bizarre single car accident that tied up traffic on the Boulevard Bridge for better than 24 hours. The rental vehicle in which he was a passenger, went airborne after the right front tire blew. According to the driver, the car cartwheeled down the bridge deck several times before sailing over the railing and landing upside down in the water. Teal's body was finally dragged from the river after an all night search by the Richmond Rescue Squad involving several boats and two police helicopters scanning the river all night with searchlights. The driver, who passed a field sobriety test, escaped with minor injuries. He was unable to provide the police with an explanation of the accident except that he believed it was a maintenance issue. Richmond Police are still investigating the cause of the accident.
