SPRINGFIELD — Newly released dash camera footage shows an Ohio State Highway Patrol trooper stop a suspected drunk driver going over 100 miles per hour on Independence Day.
The dash camera footage starts out with a trooper with OSHP’s Springfield post on I-70 near Exit 52 around 7 a.m.
A car on the opposite side of the highway speeds by the trooper and the trooper follows behind.
OSHP said the driver was going 113 in a 70 mph zone.
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The trooper catches up with the car.
After approaching the driver the trooper asks him how much he’s had to drink.
The driver first responds with, “not much at all,” before you hear the trooper in the video repeat, “two Trulys... plus the Twisted Tea back here?!”
OSHP said the driver was arrested for operating a vehicle intoxicated
OSHP said it arrested over 107,300 motorists for OVI since 2018.
Recently, a trooper from our Springfield Post arrested this motorist for OVI after he passed him in a median at 113 mph. Since 2018, troopers have placed more than 107,300 motorists under arrest for OVI. Learn more at https://bit.ly/3rnJn7V 🍺🚗🚓 #DriveSober
Posted by Ohio State Highway Patrol on Monday, July 10, 2023
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