--- title: Tracy Morgan in Intensive Care After Fatal NJ Crash description: Morgan was a passenger in a limousine bus on the NJ turnpike that overturned, killing one in a six-vehicle accident canonical: https://time.com/2843247/tracy-morgan-crash/ author: Sam Frizell article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-06-07T12:36:52.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-21T08:16:48.840Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Tracy Morgan in Intensive Care After Fatal NJ Crash og:description: Morgan was a passenger in a limousine bus on the NJ turnpike that overturned, killing one in a six-vehicle accident og:url: https://time.com/2843247/tracy-morgan-crash/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt23e31433e9e012ba/698696a436176069c690c828/485528931.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: 106 & Park Live og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Tracy Morgan in Intensive Care After Fatal NJ Crash twitter:description: Morgan was a passenger in a limousine bus on the NJ turnpike that overturned, killing one in a six-vehicle accident twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt23e31433e9e012ba/698696a436176069c690c828/485528931.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Tracy Morgan in Intensive Care After Fatal NJ Crash by [Sam Frizell](/author/sam-frizell/) ## Sam Frizell Jun 7, 2014 12:36 PM CUT  Actor Tracy Morgan visits 106 & Park at BET studio on April 16, 2014 in New York City. Actor Tracy Morgan visits 106 & Park at BET studio on April 16, 2014 in New York City.Bennett Raglin—Getty Images by [Sam Frizell](/author/sam-frizell/) ## Sam Frizell Jun 7, 2014 12:36 PM CUT _Updated 12:30 p.m. E.T. on June 8_ Tracy Morgan was in critical condition after his limousine SUV crashed on the New Jersey Turnpike early Saturday, state police told said. Kevin Roper, a 35-year-old truck driver from Georgia, was charged with one count of death by auto and four counts of assault by auto in connection with the crash Saturday, Middlesex County prosecutors told the Associated Press. His bail was set at $50,000\. Roper was driving a Walmart truck at the time of the accident. The 45-year-old former _Saturday Night Live_ and _30 Rock_ star and six others in his limo were involved in a six-vehicle pile-up on the turnpike at about 1 a.m., said Sgt. Gregory Williams of the New Jersey Police. An [eyewitness told People.com](http://www.people.com/article/tracy-morgan-car-crash-eyewitness-account "undefined") that the moment the truck hit the Mercedes SUV carrying Morgan was “like a movie in slow motion,” and described how other motorists stopped to help in the aftermath of the crash: “Because the SUV was lying on the driver’s side, the passenger’s side was now facing up,” said the witness. “The driver had gotten out and was standing on top of the passenger’s side. He and someone else, I think a passenger, were trying to get people out. The passenger was trying to rip out the divider between the front seat and the back of the SUV. The windshield was broken. You could see blood everywhere. You could tell it was really bad.” She added that passengers had to be cut out of the vehicle by fire crews. “Tracy remains in critical condition at Robert Wood Johnson Hospital,” Morgan’s publicist, Lewis Kay, told TIME on Saturday. “He sustained these injuries in an accident that occurred early this morning as one of several passengers in a chauffeured SUV returning from a tour date in Delaware.” His family joined him in the hospital, Kay said. One man traveling in the limo died, while three others were taken to New Brunswick’s Robert Wood Hospital along with Morgan. The limo was overturned in the accident, which also involved two passenger cars, two tractor trailers and an SUV. Walmart CEO Bill Simon said he was “profoundly sorry” one of his company’s trucks was involved in the accident. “We are working quickly to understand what happened and are cooperating fully with law enforcement to aid their investigation.” Morgan performed Friday night at the [Dover Downs Hotel and Casino](http://www.doverdowns.com/entertainment/concerts-and-events "undefined") in Dover, Delaware. Fellow comedians [extended their well-wishes](http://time.com/2843338/tracy-morgan-hospitalized/ "undefined") on Twitter Saturday morning. My prayers go out to @RealTracyMorgan – I want to ask all of my fans to pray for him as he is in critical condition after a car accident. — Eddie Griffin (@EddieGriffinCom) [June 7, 2014](https://twitter.com/EddieGriffinCom/status/475262753490599938?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw "undefined") New Jersey police said said there were no indications alcohol played a role in the crash. A spokeswoman for the hospital told TIME that three of the limo passengers were in critical condition and that a fourth was in stable condition, but would not confirm the identity of the patients. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2843247/tracy-morgan-crash/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2843247/tracy-morgan-crash/"},"headline":"Tracy Morgan in Intensive Care After Fatal NJ Crash","datePublished":"2014-06-07T12:36:52.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T08:16:48.840Z","description":"Comedian and former Saturday Night Live and 30 Rock star Tracy Morgan is in intensive care following a fatal six-vehicle collision on the Jersey Turnpike Saturday morning that's already claimed one life","url":"https://time.com/2843247/tracy-morgan-crash/","keywords":["celebrities"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt23e31433e9e012ba/698696a436176069c690c828/485528931.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sam Frizell","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sam-frizell/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt23e31433e9e012ba/698696a436176069c690c828/485528931.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"106 & Park Live","caption":"106 & Park Live","creditText":"Bennett Raglin—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/celebrities/","name":"celebrities"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2843247/tracy-morgan-crash/","name":"Tracy Morgan in Intensive Care After Fatal NJ Crash"}}]}] ```