Las Vegas Sun

March 28, 2024

Comedian Tracy Morgan still struggling after crash

Tracy Morgan

Photo by Greg Allen/Invision/AP, file

In this April 9, 2014, photo, actor Tracy Morgan attends the FX Networks Upfront premiere screening of “Fargo” at the SVA Theater in New York. Wal-Mart has denied claims by lawyers for actor-comedian Morgan that the company is stalling a federal lawsuit over a fatal highway crash in New Jersey last summer.

TRENTON, N.J. — An attorney for Tracy Morgan says the former "Saturday Night Live" actor is having a tough time recovering from a June accident on the New Jersey Turnpike that left a fellow comedian dead.

Attorney Benedict Morelli tells The Star-Ledger newspaper that Morgan relies on a wheelchair and it may be months before he can fully walk again. Morelli says Morgan appears to be making progress, but it will be a month before he is assessed "cognitively."

Morgan broke his leg, nose and several ribs in a six-car accident involving his limo bus, and comedian James McNair was killed. The bus was struck by a Wal-Mart truck.

The truck driver has pleaded not guilty to vehicular homicide and assault by auto.

Morgan accused Wal-Mart of negligence in a federal lawsuit.

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