Comic Tracy Morgan critical after crash
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ACTOR and comedian Tracy Morgan, best known for his roles in “30 Rock” and on “Saturday Night Live,” was critically injured when his limo bus overturned in a multi-vehicle crash in New Jersey, United States, early yesterday morning, police said.
Morgan, 45, was taken by helicopter to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Center in New Brunswick, New Jersey, in a critical condition and was in intensive care, said Gregory Williams, a state police spokesman.
Another passenger on the limo bus was killed in the accident on the New Jersey Turnpike involving the bus, two tractor-trailers, an SUV and two other vehicles. The accident happened about 1am yesterday morning near Cranberry Township.
Six other people besides Morgan were injured, Williams said.
Several of Morgan’s celebrity friends, including comedians George Lopez and Andy Richter, posted messages of support on Twitter yesterday.
“Stay strong Tracy Morgan,” the hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons wrote. “We love you.”
Morgan was on the road for his “Turn it Funny” stand-up comedy tour. He was booked to perform at a casino in Dover, Delaware, on Friday night and had been due to appear yesterday in Charlotte, North Carolina.
The New York City native spent seven years on “Saturday Night Live” before leaving in 2003. He went on to star in the sitcom “30 Rock” for seven seasons, playing an unhinged, reckless comedian called Tracy Jordan.
“30 Rock” also skewered Morgan’s sometimes inflammatory stand-up routine — on more than one occasion he has publicly apologized for making jokes about gay and disabled people.
Peter Haigney, a spokesman at the hospital where Morgan was being treated, said the hospital was treating four people from the accident, three of them in critical condition.
Police said they are investigating the crash.
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