Truck Driver Charged In Tracy Morgan Crash Pleads Not Guilty
Kevin Roper was driving a Walmart truck when the crash occurred on the New Jersey Turnpike in June 2014.
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Kevin Roper was driving a Walmart truck when the crash occurred on the New Jersey Turnpike in June 2014.
A New Jersey grand jury has indicted the truck driver who crashed into a limo van carrying Tracy Morgan, killing one man and severely injuring the comedian.
The National Transportation Safety Board is blaming a fatigued Walmart truck driver for a June 7, 2014 New Jersey Turnpike crash that severely injured comedian Tracy Morgan and killed another comedian.
A filing in federal court in Newark on Wednesday refers to a confidential settlement reached by the two sides.
Driver Kevin Roper wants the judge to reconsider the decision not to delay Tracy Morgan's lawsuit against Walmart stemming from the June 7, 2014 crash.
Driver Kevin Roper had filed a motion to intervene in Morgan's lawsuit against Walmart stemming from the June 7 crash in which a Walmart truck slammed into a limo van carrying Morgan and the others home from a show in Delaware.
The motion to delay the lawsuit came from Kevin Roper, the driver of the Walmart truck police said crashed into the back of Morgan's limo van on the New Jersey Turnpike in June.
A lawyer for Tracy Morgan said the comedian suffered a traumatic brain injury in the highway crash that almost killed him -- and took the life of another comedian.
Bentonville, Arkansas-based Walmart Stores Inc. said in a filing Monday that Morgan his fellow passengers' injuries were caused by their "failure to properly wear an appropriate available seatbelt restraint device," which it says constitutes unreasonable conduct.
Walmart says actor-comedian Tracy Morgan and other people in a vehicle struck from behind by a company truck on the New Jersey Turnpike in June weren't wearing seatbelts.
"He still has a long way to go," Morgan's publicist said in a statement Friday.
A report on the crash that seriously injured comedian Tracy Morgan and killed one of his friends, said the driver of a tractor-trailer was doing 65 mph in a 45 mph construction zone before the crash.
Comedian Tracy Morgan was upgraded to fair condition Monday, nine days after a crash on the New Jersey Turnpike severely injured him and killed one of his friends.
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Actor and comedian Tracy Morgan is showing signs of improvement following a New Jersey highway crash that badly injured him and killed one of his friends.
Funeral services were held Thursday for a comedian killed in a crash on the New Jersey Turnpike that also injured comedian Tracy Morgan and others.
The truck driver charged in the fatal crash on the New Jersey Turnpike that also injured comedian Tracy Morgan and several other people pleaded not guilty at an initial court appearance Wednesday.
The truck driver charged in a crash that left one person dead and three others critically injured, including actor and comedian Tracy Morgan, had not slept in more than 24 hours at the time of the wreck, according to court papers.
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When the Hudson River froze for 40 days in 1917, adventurous souls drove their cars on the ice between New York's Westchester and Rockland counties.
For the first time in 30 years, the Food and Drug Administration has approved a new treatment for an inoperable type of pancreatic cancer.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani touted the new law, which says employers must provide 32 more hours of unpaid protected time off per year.
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A police pursuit ended in a fatal crash in Middlesex County, New Jersey.
All eyes are fixed on a developing coastal storm over the weekend with snow impacts increasingly likely for New York and Tri-State Area.
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It was 109 years ago when the Hudson River became frozen solid for 40 days. Ferries couldn't run, so adventurous souls drove their cars - and even raced - between New York's Westchester and Rockland counties. CBS News New York's Tony Aiello reports.
For the first time in 30 years, the Food and Drug Administration has approved a new treatment for an inoperable type of pancreatic cancer. CBS News New York's Carolyn Gusoff reports.
Some residents say the stench makes it difficult for them to be inside their homes. CBS News New York's Kristie Keleshian reports.
A police pursuit ended in a fatal crash in Middlesex County, New Jersey. CBS News New York's Nick Caloway reports.
