Tracy Morgan of ‘30 Rock’ in critical condition after crash

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Tracy Morgan of ‘30 Rock’ in critical condition after crash

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey - Actor and comedian Tracy Morgan, best known for his roles on “Saturday Night Live” and “30 Rock,” was badly injured early Saturday when the limo bus he was riding in overturned in a multi-vehicle crash in New Jersey that killed another comic.

Morgan, 45, was in critical condition in an intensive care unit at a hospital in New Brunswick, New Jersey, police and his spokesman said.

The comedian James McNair, also known as Jimmy Mack, was killed in the crash on the New Jersey Turnpike, police said. McNair, who was 63 and lived in Peekskill, New York, was riding in the limo bus with Morgan.

At least three other people were hospitalized following the crash, in which a tractor-trailer struck the back of the limo bus at around 1 a.m. local time near Cranbury Township, New Jersey State Police spokesman Gregory Williams said, citing a preliminary investigation.

After the collision, involving another tractor-trailer, a sport utility vehicle and two other cars, the limo bus was on its side, Williams said.

Morgan was part of a stand-up comedy “Turn it Funny” tour and had performed at a Dover, Delaware casino on Friday night.

He was taken by helicopter to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Center in New Brunswick, Williams said. Morgan’s spokesman said the comic would remain there on Saturday.

“His family is now with him and he is receiving excellent care,” spokesman Lewis Kay said in a statement. “We don’t anticipate much of a change in his condition today.”

Morgan’s assistant Jeff Millea and the comedians Ardie Fuqua and Harris Stanton also went to the same hospital. Hospital spokesman Peter Haigney said three of the patients there were in critical condition and one was in fair condition but declined to identify them, citing privacy laws.

The driver of the truck, 35-year-old Kevin Roper, was charged on Saturday with one count of death by auto and four counts of assault by auto, the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office said, adding that he was expected to surrender to authorities.

Police were still investigating the crash and the National Transportation Safety Board was also sending investigators.

Wal-Mart CEO Bill Simon said in a written statement on Saturday that one of the company’s trucks had been involved in the crash and said he was praying for the family and friends of McNair and everyone involved.

Reuters


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