State police encountered a northbound car traveling in the southbound lane of Interstate 95 in Sabattus about 10 p.m. Monday. The trooper pulled his cruiser alongside the car and forced it into the median guardrail.
A state trooper was slightly injured Monday night when he was forced to drive his cruiser into a car headed in the wrong way on the Maine Turnpike in Sabattus.
Trooper Lee Vanadestine encountered the northbound car about 10 p.m. as it drove along a construction area in the southbound lane in Sabattus, according to statement from Public Safety spokesman Stephen McCausland. The trooper pulled his cruiser alongside the car and forced it into the median guardrail, according to McCausland’s statement.
The driver, 67-year-old Steven Burns of Augusta, told troopers he was confused . He apparently entered the turnpike at the Sabattus exit and drove four miles in the wrong direction, according to McCausland’s statement.
State police received a number of calls from other motorists reporting the wayward driver, according to McCausland’s statement.
Vanadestine had bumps and bruises but did not go to the hospital. No injuries were reported for Burns.
Troopers did not file any charges against Burns, according to McCausland’s statement. State police will review the incident notify the Secretary of State’s Office to have Burns’ driver’s license status reviewed, according to McCausland’s statement.
State police encountered a northbound car traveling in the southbound lane of Interstate 95 in Sabattus about 10 p.m. Monday. The trooper pulled his cruiser alongside the car and forced it into the median guardrail.
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