EDEN TOWNSHIP, Wis. (WMTV) - An allegedly drunk driver nearly hit an ambulance head-on while going the wrong way on Highway 18 early Tuesday morning, the Iowa County Sheriff’s Office reported.

The agency stated the 24-year-old driver was going the wrong way on US Highway 18 near County Road XX, in Eden Township.

EMS and law enforcement returning from an out-of-county transport were inside of the ambulance at the time, the Iowa County Sheriff’s Office said.

Deputies found the vehicle in the Village of Cobb and spoke to the Highland man who was allegedly driving.

Authorities arrested him and booked him at the Iowa County Jail.

He faces potential charges of OWI-first offense, possession of open intoxicants in a vehicle and operating without a valid license for the second time in three ye

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