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| Tracy Morgan remains critical as truck driver charged over six-car crash | Tracy Morgan remains critical as truck driver charged over six-car crash |
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| A truck driver was charged on Saturday for causing the six-vehicle freeway crash in which the comedian and actor Tracy Morgan was critically injured and another comedian, 62-year-old James McNair, who performed under the name Jimmy Mack, was killed. | A truck driver was charged on Saturday for causing the six-vehicle freeway crash in which the comedian and actor Tracy Morgan was critically injured and another comedian, 62-year-old James McNair, who performed under the name Jimmy Mack, was killed. |
| Morgan and two other men remained in critical condition in a New Brunswick hospital overnight. The driver and occupant of the passenger seat of Morgan's vehicle were unhurt. | |
| The driver, Tyrone Gale, told ABC News: "I climbed around and heard Tracy screaming for help. I climbed up on the body of the limo bus … but I couldn't reach them." | |
| Kevin Roper, 35, of Jonesboro, Georgia, is charged with one count of death by auto and four counts of assault by auto. | Kevin Roper, 35, of Jonesboro, Georgia, is charged with one count of death by auto and four counts of assault by auto. |
| In a statement released on Saturday, Walmart president Bill Simon said a Walmart truck was involved in the accident and that the company "will take full responsibility" if authorities determine its truck caused the crash. | In a statement released on Saturday, Walmart president Bill Simon said a Walmart truck was involved in the accident and that the company "will take full responsibility" if authorities determine its truck caused the crash. |
| "We're praying for the family and friends of the passenger who lost his life in the terrible accident," the statement said. | "We're praying for the family and friends of the passenger who lost his life in the terrible accident," the statement said. |
| Accompanied by his lawyer, Roper turned himself in to New Jersey police. He was released on $50,000 bail on Saturday night, said Walmart spokesman David Tovar on Sunday. | Accompanied by his lawyer, Roper turned himself in to New Jersey police. He was released on $50,000 bail on Saturday night, said Walmart spokesman David Tovar on Sunday. |
| The National Transportation Safety Board said it was working with state police on issues related to commercial trucking and limousine safety. | The National Transportation Safety Board said it was working with state police on issues related to commercial trucking and limousine safety. |
| Saturday Night Live and 30 Rock star Morgan, comedian Ardie Fuqua Jr and another passenger, Jeffrey Millea, were flown to Robert Wood Johnson Hospital, where according to a spokesman they remained in critical condition. Another comedian, Harris Stanton, was treated at the scene and released. | Saturday Night Live and 30 Rock star Morgan, comedian Ardie Fuqua Jr and another passenger, Jeffrey Millea, were flown to Robert Wood Johnson Hospital, where according to a spokesman they remained in critical condition. Another comedian, Harris Stanton, was treated at the scene and released. |
| Middlesex County prosecutors said the crash, which occurred at around 1am on Saturday morning on the New Jersey Turnpike, was caused when a tractor-trailer rammed into a limousine bus that was driving Morgan, McNair and two other men to New York from a concert in Delaware. | Middlesex County prosecutors said the crash, which occurred at around 1am on Saturday morning on the New Jersey Turnpike, was caused when a tractor-trailer rammed into a limousine bus that was driving Morgan, McNair and two other men to New York from a concert in Delaware. |
| The tractor-trailer driver apparently failed to slow for traffic and swerved to avoid a crash, state police sergeant first class Greg Williams told reporters. The vehicle crashed into the back of the Mercedes limo bus, prompting a chain-reaction crash with a second tractor-trailer, an SUV and two cars. | The tractor-trailer driver apparently failed to slow for traffic and swerved to avoid a crash, state police sergeant first class Greg Williams told reporters. The vehicle crashed into the back of the Mercedes limo bus, prompting a chain-reaction crash with a second tractor-trailer, an SUV and two cars. |
| Morgan's vehicle overturned, killing McNair. | Morgan's vehicle overturned, killing McNair. |
| Morgan's ex-wife, Sabina Morgan, told the New York Daily News McNair had been a mentor to the comedian, “one of the first that took Tracy under his wing”. | Morgan's ex-wife, Sabina Morgan, told the New York Daily News McNair had been a mentor to the comedian, “one of the first that took Tracy under his wing”. |
| Morgan appeared on Saturday Night Live from 1996 to 2003, and on the hit NBC sitcom 30 Rock from 2006 to its close in 2013, receiving a 2009 Emmy nomination for best supporting actor. | Morgan appeared on Saturday Night Live from 1996 to 2003, and on the hit NBC sitcom 30 Rock from 2006 to its close in 2013, receiving a 2009 Emmy nomination for best supporting actor. |