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$10,000 bill for getting car stuck in newly poured concrete

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May 27th, 2017 by Ric Hanson

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A driver could be facing a $10,000 bill after he plowed into newly poured concrete in Lincoln, Nebraska, and became stuck.

The accident occurred Wednesday on a portion of a road repair project in the state capital. Police spokeswoman Angela Sands said Friday that police won’t cite the driver, 19-year-old Shadrach Yasiah. A police incident report says it wasn’t obvious that the concrete wasn’t dry and that Yasiah drove a 2009 Honda Civic into it through a 24-foot gap between traffic control cones.

(Photo by Mike Palm, The City of Lincoln Public Works and Utilities Department via AP)

City engineer Thomas Shafer says the driver is responsible for the repairs. He says the contractor estimated it will cost more than $10,000 to pay for removing the car, scraping out the ruined slurry, repouring more and finishing it. Social media images of the vehicle showed it had license plates out of Cass County, Iowa.