Tracy Morgan accident

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) — A grand jury is set to decide whether to indict the truck driver who slammed into a limo carrying Tracy Morgan, killing one man and severely injuring the comedian. That was revealed Tuesday in a court hearing where an attorney for Kevin Roper sought to have charges of vehicular homicide […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — A fatigued Wal-Mart truck driver failed to slow down despite a warning and was responsible for a highway crash last year that severely injured comedian Tracy Morgan and killed another comedian, the National Transportation Safety Board said Tuesday. But the board also said the failure of Morgan and other passengers riding in […]

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Federal investigators will meet next week to determine the probable cause of the accident that injured actor-comedian http://blackamericaweb.com/tag/tracy-morgan/and killed one of his friends. The National Transportation Safety Board scheduled a meeting for Tuesday morning in Washington, D.C. A Wal-Mart truck slammed into the back of a limo van carrying the former […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Tracy Morgan said Monday he doesn’t remember anything about the limo accident that left him in a coma for two weeks, and said that, a year later, he still has bad days as well as good. Appearing live on the “Today” show for his first public appearance since the accident, Morgan […]

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — A Wal-Mart driver involved in a highway crash that killed a comic and severely injured actor-comedian Tracy Morgan has asked a judge to reconsider her decision not to delay Morgan’s lawsuit against the company. Truck driver Kevin Roper isn’t a defendant in Morgan’s lawsuit against Bentonville, Arkansas-based Wal-Mart Stores Inc., but […]

NEW YORK (AP) — The family of a comedian killed in the New Jersey Turnpike crash that seriously injured Tracy Morgan last summer has settled a wrongful death claim. The out-of-court settlement between Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and the estate of James McNair is the first stemming from the June 7 crash in which a Wal-Mart […]

Tracy Morgan’s claims of financial hardship after the car accident that left him injured is something Kevin Roper can’t get with. According to TMZ, Roper, the driver who injured Morgan, says the fact that the comic/actor could afford a limo at the time of the crash is enough to put doubt in the former “30 […]

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Former Saturday Night Live and 30 Rock star Tracy Morgan has been released from a rehabilitation facility as he heals from serious injuries he suffered in a car crash that left a fellow comedian dead, his spokesman said Saturday. Morgan will continue his recovery at home with an “aggressive outpatient program,” […]

Tracy Morgan’s FX show is still on. The network announced that Morgan’s as yet untitled show, scheduled to start taping in August, will progress once the comedian is ready to start working again. Morgan, a former Saturday Night Live castmember and one of the stars of 30 Rock, a show loosely based on SNL, was […]

Now there’s drama on top of drama. It seems that when Tracy Morgan‘s estranged mother went to the hospital to visit him, she was not allowed entrance to see her critically injured son. If you know the story, you’re aware of the tension and hostility between Tracy and his mother, Alicia Warden. And to illustrate […]

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) — A truck driver accused of triggering a highway crash that injured Tracy Morgan and killed another comedian hadn’t slept for more than 24 hours before the accident, authorities said Monday as Morgan recovered in a hospital. Wal-Mart trucker Kevin Roper is expected to make an initial appearance in state court […]