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June 2, 2014 / 11:43 AM

Obama dummy hanging from bridge causes traffic problems in Missouri

The dummy was spotted hanging off of the Lesholz Bridge over I-70 near Grain Valley.

President Barack Obama meets with the My Brother’s Keeper Task Force to receive a 90-day report on its progress in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on May 30, 2014 in Washington, DC.(File/UPI/Olivier Douliery/Pool)

President Barack Obama meets with the My Brother’s Keeper Task Force to receive a 90-day report on its progress in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on May 30, 2014 in Washington, DC.(File/UPI/Olivier Douliery/Pool) | License Photo

GRAIN VALLEY, Mo., June 2 (UPI) -- Missouri motorists were rerouted after a dummy wearing a President Obama mask was found hanging from a bridge early on Monday morning.

The dummy was spotted hanging off the Lesholz Bridge over I-70 near Grain Valley.

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My drive to work this a.m. Enough to help me finally relocate! #Vicious #Racist @JohnFugelsang @BarackObama http://t.co/2H4viF8NAV
— CASARobin (r.m.c.) (@casarobin) June 2, 2014

Traffic across the Lesholz was initially stopped, but the bridge has since been reopened.

This ish right here is beyond ignorant. Traffic rerouted after Obama dummy found hanging from bridge http://t.co/r1RdG7byio via @fox4kc
— LaKisha Lumpkin (@misskeela) June 2, 2014

According to FOX 4 News, a robot was used to bring the dummy into a nearby field so that crews could x-ray it for possible explosives.

Sooooooo... there's a "hanging dummy" of President Obama on a bridge in Grain Valley??? SMH...
— HitBreakKid CoShyned (@BrianBShynin) June 2, 2014

So far no photos of the dummy have been released.

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Let's keep it classy, KC.... RT @fox4kc: Traffic rerouted after Obama dummy found hanging from bridge http://t.co/OTjC6Wb5AI
— Evan Millward (@EvanABC17) June 2, 2014

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