BREAKING NEWS: Tracy Morgan rushed to the Hospital in CRITICAL CONDITION
Comedian Tracy Morgan has been rushed to a Hospital in Cranberry Township NJ in critical condition. According to CBS 3 Philly Tracy performed at Delaware’s Dover Downs Casino last night was traveling back towards NYC. However it is reported that a MAJOR car accident occurred at 1AM this morning on the NJ Turnpike. They were 4 including Tracy Morgan who were critically hurt. One killed. Morgan was admitted to Robert Wood Johnson Hospital in critical condition.
James McNair, of Peekskill, New York, a passenger in the limo bus, died in the crash, Williams said. Three others, including Morgan, were in critical condition, and one was in fair condition, he said. Two occupants weren't injured.
Williams declined to release details of the accident, including what may have caused the pileup involving two tractor-trailers, an SUV, two cars and Morgan's limo bus.
Morgan is in intensive care at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Center in New Brunswick. Reporters gathering at the hospital were asked to wait across on the street until information could be released.
The 45-year-old New York City native joined "SNL" in 1996 and was on the sketch-comedy program for seven years before leaving to star in "The Tracy Morgan Show" in 2003. That show lasted just one season. In 2006, Morgan found a long-running role on NBC's hit show "30 Rock," which was created by "SNL" co-star Tina Fey.
Morgan grew up fatherless, one of five siblings, in a blighted section of Brooklyn, where he helped raise and support the family.
He once called his gift for being funny "a defense mechanism" for his miserable circumstances. As a teen, he started doing comedy on the streets to supplement the family's welfare income.
He had a kidney transplant in late 2010.
The New Jersey Turnpike was closed for more than five hours after the crash
This is a developing story and as further updates come in. We will keep you posted. In the meantime.
Please keep Tracy and all that have been involved in this terrible accident in your thoughts and prayers!
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