Troopers: Man drives 5 miles in wrong direction on I-77, causes
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wrong direction on I-77, causes head-on crash  Posted: Updated:
Two cars collided head-on after a driver went the wrong way down
I-77 early Monday morning.  Police say this wasn't the first
time the driver responsible for the wreck was involved in this
sort of incident.  "It kinda threw me threw me off for a
second," said Muse Kidane, moments after witnessing the horrific
crash.  "I don't see accidents often, not something live in
front of me, you know. It's something I haven't witnessed
before," Kidane added.  Kidane was one of many drivers who
spotted a car driving the wrong-way down I-77, near the Clanton
Road exit, around 12:30am.  The State Highway Patrol said the
driver, Herbert Phillips, made it about five miles, traveling
southbound in the northbound lanes between Clanton and Tyvola
Roads.  Troopers tried to head Phillips off as witnesses
followed the man feeding officials w