Overview
- Maine State Police identified the man as Derrick McDuffy, 35, of New York.
- Authorities say he opened the bus’s emergency roof hatch and climbed onto the roof while the vehicle was moving.
- The driver began slowing to pull over when McDuffy fell to the roadway shoulder around 11:15 a.m. near mile marker 2 in Kittery.
- Fellow passengers, passing motorists, and responding troopers provided aid before he was taken to Portsmouth Regional Hospital with serious, non-life-threatening injuries.
- The Maine Turnpike saw a brief lane closure from about 11:30 a.m. to just before noon, a second bus transferred passengers and luggage, and the case remains under investigation.