- Title: USA/FILE: Actor Tracy Morgan in intensive care after New Jersey road crash
- Date: 8th June 2014
- Summary: LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (FILE - 2010) (REUTERS) TRACY MORGAN BEING INTERVIEWED AT THE PREMIERE OF "DEATH AT A FUNERAL" MORGAN TALKING TO REPORTER
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- Story Text: Actor and comedian Tracy Morgan, best known for his roles on "Saturday Night Live" and "30 Rock," was badly injured early on Saturday (June 7) 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 sports utility vehicle and two other cars, the limo bus was on its side, Williams said.
Speaking to a reporter on Saturday evening (June 7) the limo driver, Tyrone Gale, said he doesn't remember seeing a truck about to hit his vehicle.
"All I know is I saw traffic, and um, I stopped and I was upside down in the vehicle, so that's pretty much all I can say about it right now," he said.
"A great day turned tragic in seconds," he added.
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.
Morgan's assistant Jeff Millea and the comedians Ardie Fuqua and Harris Stanton also went to the same hospital.
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. - Copyright Holder: FILE REUTERS (CAN SELL)
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