Wal-Mart driver charged in Tracy Morgan crash; report cites 'dozing'

[Michelle420]

Morgan and two others remain in critical condition at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, N.J., after a vehicle the actor was traveling in was involved in a five-car accident on the New Jersey Turnpike. The accident killed James McNair, 63, a comedian better known by his stage name, Jimmy Mack, who often performed with Morgan.

Morgan was traveling back from a comedy performance at a casino in Dover, Del., when his SUV was struck from behind by a tractor trailer, causing a chain-reaction crash that involved five vehicles. A fourth victim of the crash was released from the hospital earlier Saturday, Carey said in the statement.

Wal-Mart driver charged in Tracy Morgan crash; report cites 'dozing'*-*Los Angeles Times

 

[Ernie S.]

Going to blame this on Wal-Mart?

 

[Dot Com]

I just read where dozing was not a factor. I read that the driver didn't look far enough ahead to see the slowed traffic so he didn't have enough time to respond.

http://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/...morgan-icu-after-crash-driver-charged-n125181

Some early reports indicated the tractor trailer driver was sleeping at the wheel, but New Jersey State Police say there is nothing to suggest he dozed off.

"There is nothing that indicates that," said New Jersey State Police Sgt. First Class Gregory Williams. "There is no documentation that agrees with that."

A preliminary state police investigation found that the tractor trailer came upon slow moving traffic and slammed into the limo.

"The driver of the tractor trailer ...failed to observe the slow moving traffic ahead of him," Williams said. "The driver did observe the traffic, but it was too late. It was just prior to impact, he swerved to the left in an attempt to avoid the collision. But he was unable to."