Man dies after dislodged tire hit his vehicle on Maine Turnpike

An Old Orchard Beach man died Monday morning after a dislodged tire hit his car on the Maine Turnpike.

Justin Nsenga, 49, was driving a 2018 Mercedes sedan south on Interstate 95, near the Gray-Cumberland town line, about 11:30 a.m. when a tire dislodged from a northbound 2021 GMC Sierra towing a camper, according to Shannon Moss, a spokesperson for the Maine Department of Public Safety.

The tire crossed over the median guardrail and struck Nsenga’s car, Moss said Tuesday morning.

Nsenga died at the scene.

The driver of the Sierra, 43-year-old Jean-Francois Chartrand of Saint-Hubert, Quebec, and his four passengers weren’t injured, according to Moss.

While police investigated the crash, Tiffany Bowden, 31, of South Paris lost control of a motorcycle on the southbound side on I-95 in the slowing traffic and skidded before coming to a rest in the road, Moss said.

Bowden was taken to Maine Medical Center in Portland, where she was treated for injuries not considered life-threatening.