KITTERY, Maine — On Friday, Nov. 14, at approximately 11:17 a.m., Maine State Police received a report of a man who had fallen from the roof of a moving bus near mile marker 2 southbound on the Maine Turnpike in Kittery.

Troopers responded and located several civilians, both motorists and passengers from the bus, providing aid to the injured man. The man, identified as a 35-year-old New York man had suffered serious injuries. Kittery Fire/EMS transported him to Portsmouth Regional Hospital with injuries believed to be serious but not life-threatening.

Witnesses reported the man stated he was feeling overheated and opened the bus’s emergency roof access hatch before climbing onto the roof while the bus was in motion.

Upon realizing what was happening the driver began slowing the bus and

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