Ohio woman arrested after drunk driving, causing wrong-way crash with state trooper

An Ohio woman was arrested after driving drunk and causing a wrong-way crash with an Indiana State Police (ISP) Trooper early Sunday morning.

Around 1 a.m. Sunday, Indiana State Troopers patrolling Interstate-74 in Dearborn County overheard a Dearborn County Sheriff’s Office dispatch about a vehicle driving westbound in the eastbound lanes of I-74 near the Indiana/Ohio State Line.

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An ISP Trooper eventually spotted the vehicle, later determined to be driven by 35-year-old Erin Dowers of Cincinnati, as it continued westbound in the eastbound lanes near the 161-mile marker.

The trooper positioned his cruiser in front of Dower’s vehicle, and she entered the median of I-74 to avoid it…

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