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ASHLEY: A MYSTERIOUS WHITE FILM IS COVERING INTERSTATE 75, IT CAN BE SEEN IN THE SOUTHBOUND LANES THROUGH THE ENTIRE CITY. STEVEN: THE STRANGE COVERING GOES FROM NORTH OF RONALD REAGAN ALL THE WAY ACROSS FORT WASHINGTON WAY AND ACROSS THE BIG MAC BRIDGE. ASHLEY: WLWT NEWS 5’S BRIAN HAMRICK IS LIVE WITH THE STORY, BRIAN CAN YOU STILL SEE IT ON THE HIGHWAY. BRIA IT IS STILL OUT THERE, BUT UNDER THE LIGHT, THIS FIRST APPEARED YESTERDAY MORNING, THEN IT STARTED TO RAIN. IT WAS THROWN ALL OVER CARS AND THINGS GOT EVEN WORSE. IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS, ALONG SOUTH I-75, THERE WAS A SUDDEN WHITE OUT, BUT THIS ONE, WAS NOT CAUSED BY WEATHER. >> WHERE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WEREN’T CLEARING IT, YOU COULDN’T SEE THROUGH IT. IT WAS A SOLID WHITE. IT WAS HORRIBLE. BRIAN: SHE DROVE RIGHT INTO IT, COUNTLESS OTHER CARS ARE IN THE SAME BOAT THERE WAS EVEN AN ALERT ON THE RADIO. >> SOMETHING THAT SMEARED BUT WOULD NOT CLEAR, THAT’S THE WAY THEY WORDED IT. . BRIAN: THIS IS WHAT IT LEFT BEHIND. A WHITE FILM THAT COVERED HER SUV. >> IT WAS AWFUL. IT WAS SOLID WHITE. MY MIRRORS, YOU COULDN’T EVEN TELL THEY WERE RED, THEY WERE SO WHITE. BRIAN: EVEN WORSE, THE SUBSTANCE IS STUCK TO THE PAINT. UNLIKE SALT, THIS ISN’T COMING OFF. SO THIS HAS BEEN RUN THROUGH ONCE OR TWICE? >> ONCE WITH THE TOUCHLESS ONCE THEN SCRUBBED WITH THE BRUSH AT THE CARWASH ONCE. BRIAN: AND TO RACHET UP THE FRUSTRATION, IT’S A BRAND NEW VEHICLE. THE WHITE TRAIL IS STILL VISIBLE, IT RUNS 75 SOUTH ALONG THE WESTERN PART OF THE CITY, ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE BIG MAC BRIDGE WHERE WE’VE LEARN POLICE STOPPED THE LEAKING TRUCK. WE’RE TOLD THE MIXTURE IS A TYPE OF LIME. POLICE HAVEN’T RELEASED DETAILS ON THE NAME OF THE COMPANY OR IF THEY’VE BEEN CITED. >> FROM WHAT I HEAR, IT’S GOIN TO COST $200 TO $300. BRIAN: SHERRY DAUGHERTY SAYS THE CLEANING EFFORT WILL BE TOO MUCH SHE’S GOING TO HAVE TO TAKE HER VEHICLE TO A DETAILER. THIS WEATHER IS NOT REALLY TOOTHBRUSHING YOUR CAR WEATHER IS IT? AS THE WHITE STUFF UNDER THE WHEELS IS NOT WHAT’S EXPECTED THIS TIME OF YEAR. THE PROBLEM IS, IT’S STILL OUT THER IT IS MORE LIKE A POWDER WHEN IT IS DRY, BUT AS SOON AS IT RAINS, IT WILL TURN BACK

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