LEWISTON — A Waterville man who swerved his pickup truck into the side of a Maine State Police cruiser just after midnight Thursday was driving under the influence of alcohol, authorities say.

Javier Martinez, 24, of Waterville, was driving his 2015 Ford pickup truck on the Maine Turnpike in Lewiston when he began swerving unpredictably, according to Maine Department of Public Safety spokesperson Shannon Moss.

As Martinez and a state trooper passed each other on the turnpike, Martinez crossed into the trooper’s lane and made contact with the cruiser, Moss said.

The trooper was responding to “a minor vehicle crash” in Gardiner and had both the lights and siren turned on when Martinez struck the cruiser, Moss said.

Though both Martinez’ and the trooper’s vehicles were damaged in the crash, neither were injured. Martinez was found to be operating under the influence of alcohol by responding troopers. He has been released pending a court hearing after being summonsed for operating under the influence.

Hours after Martinez’ crash on the Maine Turnpike, another state police cruiser was sideswiped in a car crash on U.S. Route 1 in Gouldsboro.

A 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee driven by Andrew Pratt, 71, of Cutler, sideswiped the cruiser just moments after the trooper had gotten in after finishing a traffic stop, Moss said in a news release.

“Cutler has been the subject of several law enforcement interactions and traffic complaints,” Moss said. “Pratt was summonsed for improper passing of a stationary emergency vehicle and another adverse driver report will be filed from this incident.”

The damage to both vehicles was “relatively minor,” according to Moss, and neither Cutler nor the trooper was injured in the crash.