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The northbound lanes of Interstate 71 have reopened at Interstate 670 after a crash involving a wrong-way driver Friday morning. According to Columbus police, officers replied to a report of a vehicle traveling the wrong way on Interstate 71 northbound from Polaris Parkway at about 1 a.m. Friday. The caller, who was on the correct side of the freeway, paralleled the wrong-way vehicle and remained in contact with the 911 operator while police cruisers were dispatched to the area. The wrong-way driver continued for about seven miles until reaching Cooke Road.