The incident happened shortly after 3 a.m. Sunday on Route 280 in Parsippany.
Video showed the driver narrowly missing a tow truck as it sped by at 80 miles an hour in the wrong direction.
The tow truck driver pulled over and called New Jersey State Police.
The wrong-way driver was arrested about five miles down the road on Route 80 in Roxbury.
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