Man falls onto Maine Turnpike from moving bus after climbing onto roof

Word To The Wise: Don't Climb Atop A Bus ‘While Vehicle Is In Motion’

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 [...] The post Word To The Wise: Don’t Climb Atop A Bus ‘While Vehicle Is In Motion’ appeared first on The Maine Wire.

Man falls off bus on I-95 in Maine after climbing through roof hatch

A man was seriously injured when he fell from the roof of a moving bus Friday morning on Interstate 95 in Kittery, police said.

Man injured after falling from roof of moving bus on Maine Turnpike

Witnesses told police that the New York man said he felt overheated and opened an emergency hatch before climbing atop the bus.

He opened a hatch to climb onto a bus roof and then fell onto the Maine Turnpike

A New York man fell off a Concord Coach Lines bus roof onto the Maine Turnpike on Friday morning. Derrick McDuffy, 35, reportedly complained about feeling overheated about 11:17 a.m. and opened an emergency hatch before climbing onto the roof of the bus, according to Shannon Moss, a spokesperson for the Maine Department of Public Safety. When the bus driver realized what had happened, the driver began to slow down to pull over near mile marker 2…

Man falls onto Maine Turnpike from moving bus after climbing onto roof

Witnesses told police the New York resident said he was feeling overheated and opened the emergency roof access hatch before climbing onto the roof of the bus.

New York man falls from roof of moving bus onto Maine Turnpike, officials say

The Concord Coach Lines bus was southbound in Kittery when the incident occurred.