A man fell from the roof of a bus onto the Maine Turnpike on Friday after hoisting himself aloft to ‘get some air.’
Derrick McDuffy 35, of New York, a passenger on the bus, at one point decided he was feeling “overheated,” Maine State Police reported.
McDuffy “opened the bus’s emergency roof access hatch before climbing onto the roof while the bus was in motion,” police said.
Upon realizing what was happening, the driver began slowing the bus and attempting to pull over when McDuffy fell from the roof to the road, landing on the shoulder of the turnpike’s southbound lane in Kittery.
Troopers responded and located several civilians, both motorists and passengers from the bus, who provided aid to the injured McDuffy.
Kittery Fire/EMS transported McDuffy to Portsmouth Regional Hospital with injuries, which, though serious, weren’t believed to be life-threatening.
The bus involved was operated by Concord Coach Lines.
A replacement bus arrived to pick up passengers.
Traffic in the area slowed briefly but was not significantly impacted.
