NEWPORT, Maine – A fatal crash late Tuesday night shut down portions of Interstate 95 in Newport after a passenger vehicle stopped in the northbound travel lane was struck by a tractor-trailer, according to Maine State Police.
Police said the crash happened at approximately 11:36 p.m. on Tuesday, March 31, 2026, near mile marker 157. Maine State Police received multiple reports of a vehicle stopped in the northbound lane before troopers arrived and learned a crash had occurred involving that same vehicle and a tractor-trailer.
A preliminary investigation found that a 2013 Chevrolet Volt, operated by 33-year-old Juan Guallpa of Lempster, New Hampshire, was stationary in the northbound travel lane when it was struck from behind by a 2021 Freightliner.
The impact pushed the Chevrolet Volt into the median. The tractor-trailer also entered the median, where it rolled onto its passenger side and came to rest across both southbound lanes of travel.
Guallpa was pronounced dead at the scene.
The driver of the tractor-trailer suffered minor injuries and was taken to Sebasticook Valley Hospital for treatment.
Investigators said it remains unknown why Guallpa’s vehicle was stopped in the travel lane.
Both the northbound and southbound lanes of Interstate 95 were shut down following the crash, and traffic was diverted. The northbound lanes reopened at approximately 3:00 a.m. Southbound traffic remains reduced to one lane as crews continue working to remove the tractor-trailer.
Cleanup and removal efforts are expected to take approximately eight hours.
Anyone with information related to the crash is asked to contact Trooper Joshua Staples at 207-973-3700, extension 9.
