I-95 Crash in Maine Kills Driver After Tractor-Trailer Hits Stopped Car

Overview

• Juan Guallpa, 33, of Lempster, New Hampshire, died after his stopped Chevrolet Volt was rear-ended by a tractor-trailer on I-95 in Newport late Tuesday.
• State police said the Volt was in the northbound travel lane near mile marker 157 when a Freightliner struck it from behind.
• The collision pushed the car into the median as the tractor-trailer rolled onto its passenger side and came to rest across the southbound lanes.
• The truck driver was injured and taken by ambulance to Sebasticook Valley Hospital in Pittsfield for treatment.
• Northbound lanes reopened around 3 a.m., with southbound traffic reduced to one lane during an hours-long cleanup, and police asked witnesses to call Trooper Joshua Staples at 207-973-3700, ext. 9.