MediaUpdate is reporting (unsubstantiated)
that Tracy Morgan’s leg was crushed and it may be amputated.
MediaTakeOut.com spoke with a person who WORKS at the Robert Wood
Johnson Hospital who said
Kevin Roper, 35, posted a $50,000 bail after being charged in a crash that killed comedian Jimmy Mack (James McNair).
McNair was riding with the Saturday Night
Live alum, movie star and comedian Tracy Morgan who is presently in
critical condition according to Sgt. Gregory Williams of New Jersey
State Police.
The chain-reaction wreck happened around 1:00
am Eastern on Saturday morning. Morgan was riding with McNair as well
as fellow comedians Ardie Fuqua and Harris Stanton, who along with
Jeffrey Millea, were also injured.
Middlesex County Prosecutors’ Office said
that Roper, is charged with one count of death by auto and four counts
of assault by auto. Mercer was driving a Walmart tractor-trailer on the
New Jersey Turnpike in Mercer County.
Williams, of the NJ Police said Roper crashed into the limo bus containing Morgan, McNair and the other injured.
“I climbed around and heard Tracy screaming
for help,” said his driver, Tyrone Gale. “I climbed up on the body of
the limo bus … but I couldn’t reach them.”
According to ABC News N.J. State Police said
they believed the truck driver was dozing and didn’t see traffic slowing
in front of his 18-wheeler until it was too late, crashing into the
vehicle carrying comedian Morgan and his entourage.
“I just
remember the impact. … We didn’t know which way was up, which way was
down. I don’t know if we flipped several times or one time,” Gale said.
“I saw the condition of everybody and I knew it would just make it worse
if I tried to pull them up and out of the vehicle.”“The driver of the tractor-trailer failed to observe slow-moving traffic ahead,” Williams said. “At the last minute, he swerved to try and avoid the Mercedes limo bus but struck it from behind, forcing the limo to rotate and overturn.” (GhanaVibes)
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