DAYTON — Body camera footage shows state troopers stopping a driver going down a closed section of I-75 in Montgomery County on Tuesday.
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The video shows the state trooper walking up to an Ohio Department of Transportation worker.
The worker tells the trooper that there is a message board miles down the road warning drivers of the closed lane and also “probably half a mile of barrels.”
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The trooper walks up to the driver and asks him how he ended up in the lane.
The driver, who is from Nebraska, tells the trooper that there was a big enough space in between the cones that he thought it was open.
“It’s been closed since Saturday,” the trooper said.
The driver makes a shocking confession.
“I drove down here yesterday,” he tells the trooper.
“You drove down here yesterday?!” the trooper responds.
The man was cited for driving on a closed roadway.
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