CLEVELAND (WJW) – Two people were rushed to the hospital early Friday morning after a wrong-way driver slammed into another vehicle on Interstate 71.
The crash happened shortly after 1 a.m. Friday on I-71 south near West 130th Street.
According to EMS, both of the drivers are alive but were taken to MetroHealth Medical Center in critical condition.
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The crash was caught on a dashcam video that shows the wrong-way driver northbound on I-71 south. In the video, an SUV slams on the brakes before being hit by the wrong-way driver in a white car.
Our FOX 8 photographer on scene said the driver who was hit was outside the vehicle, walking around after the accident, before EMS arrived. Meanwhile the wrong-way driver had to be pulled out of the vehicle by Cleveland Fire Department, which took about 15 minutes.
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The identities of the people have not yet been released, but according to EMS, the two drivers were a 56-year-old woman and a 33-year-old man.
It’s not clear how long the person was driving the wrong way on the highway, but multiple people did call 911 to try and get him stopped.
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