A man was arrested early Tuesday morning in Aroostook County after allegedly driving the wrong way on the highway and nearly colliding with a state trooper.

James Burch, a 75-year-old Freeport man, was charged with felony OUI, aggravated driving with endangerment and passing a road block, according to Maine State Police.

Officer Noah Castonguay was trying to stop Burch’s car around midnight and had to swerve to avoid a head-on collision with him, spokeswoman Shannon Moss said.

Castonguay then forced Burch’s car to stop at a highway crossing near Oakfield by hitting the passenger side of Burch’s car with his patrol car, Moss said.

Neither man was injured.

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