Distraught woman halts I-75 traffic

An uneventful day at work turned into something more:

BUTLER TWP., Montgomery County | Traffic was held up on Interstate 75 for almost a half hour Tuesday, as police officers talked a "mentally distraught" woman down from an overpass, police said.

The 35-year-old woman had climbed onto the Benchwood Road overpass and was standing outside the safety fence when Ohio Highway Patrol Trooper Randy Lewis responded to a 911 call, Butler Twp Police Chief Danny Hobbs said.

"She appeared to be depressed about some family problems," Hobbs said.

Butler Twp. firefighters used a ladder truck to remove the woman from the overpass, and she was transported to a hospital for evaluation.

Rescuers described her as "cooperative and calm."

We could see this happening outside the windows of our building. Police had closed down I-75 in both directions.