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Overnight Wrong-Way Crash Closes I-71 For Several Hours

WCBE 90.5FM | By Jim Letizia
Published November 22, 2013 at 7:16 AM EST

Columbus police say the driver of a car is hospitalized in critical condition following a wrong-way crash last night on I-71 north near Weber Road. Police say the a car heading south in the northbound lanes crashed into a tractor-trailer, causing it to jackknife and spill fuel. The crashed closed the freeway for several hours.

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Jim Letizia
Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.
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