1 in 4 fatal crashes involve a heavy truck, according to the National Transportation Safety Board. But are trucks the main cause of most Turnpike accidents?
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) -- Court papers show that the children of the comedian who was killed in the crash that injured Tracy Morgan won a $10 million settlement from Wal-Mart.
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) -- A Wal-Mart driver involved in a crash that killed a comic and severely injured actor-comedian Tracy Morgan and several others has asked a federal judge to reconsider her decision not to delay Morgan's lawsuit against the company.
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — The truck driver facing criminal charges stemming from a New Jersey highway crash that injured comedian-actor Tracy Morgan and killed one of Morgan's friends is asking that a federal lawsuit be delayed.
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) -- Actor-comedian Tracy Morgan and other people in a limousine struck from behind by a Wal-Mart truck on a highway in June are at least partly to blame for their injuries because they weren't wearing seatbelts, the company said in a court filing Monday.
The National Transportation Safety Board's (NTSB) preliminary report on the tractor trailer accident on the New Jersey Turnpike involving comedian Tracy Morgan reveals that trucker Kevin Roper rear-ended the limo van carrying Morgan and 6 others at a speed of nearly 65 MPH.
Following a couple of recent, high-profile truck accidents, U.S. Senators Cory Booker and Bob Menendez are pushing back against efforts in Washington to allow more hours behind the wheel for big rig drivers each week.
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) -- Actor and comedian Tracy Morgan has been upgraded to fair condition following the New Jersey highway crash that badly injured him and killed one of his friends, his spokesman said Monday.
NEW BRUNSWICK (AP) — Accident investigators are looking into what role a truck driver's commute played in the fatal New Jersey Turnpike crash that also injured comedian Tracy Morgan.