ORLEANS — A 33-year-old Provincetown man pleaded not guilty Monday in Orleans District Court to charges that he beat up a 65-year-old New York man who objected to his driving.

Orane Powell was arraigned on two counts of assault and battery on a person over 60 and a charge of assault and battery causing serious injury.

Powell was driving fast down Commercial Street in Provincetown on Friday night when the man rapped on the side of his car telling him to slow down, according to a police report in court records. Powell allegedly got out of the vehicle and hit the man in the face and then hit him again while he on the ground. He then grabbed another man, but bystanders restrained him, the report says. The first man was taken to Cape Cod Hospital, where he was treated for facial injuries.

Powell told police he slowed and almost stopped because the two men were blocking the street, and the alleged victim struck his car with his hand hard enough he thought it caused damage. He was released on $40 bail.

Powell is due back in court Dec. 27 for a pretrial hearing.