Morgan ’more responsive’ after surgery

A US truck driver has been charged in connection to a car crash that left Tracy Morgan critically injured

Long stay ... Morgan is likely to be in hospital for several weeks, a spokesman said. Picture: Greg Allen Source: AP

ACTOR and comedian Tracy Morgan will stay in hospital "for several weeks" after he was involved in fatal car crash in New Jersey.

The 30 Rock star remains in critical condition but is "more responsive" post-surgery, his spokesman Lewis Kay said.

Morgan, 45, was returning from a stand-up performance in Delaware when a truck smashed into the back of his chauffeured limo bus on the New Jersey Turnpike, authorities said, setting off a chain-reaction crash that left one member of his entourage dead and two others seriously hurt.

The former Saturday Night Live cast member is recovering in hospital after surgery on a broken leg. Mr Kay said Morgan also sustained a broken femur, broken nose and several broken ribs.

Morgan's family was "tremendously overwhelmed and appreciative of the outpouring of love and support from his fans", he said.

A Wal-Mart truck driver from Georgia has been charged with death by auto and four counts of assault by auto.

Accident scene ... Morgan's overturned limousine bus on the New Jersey Turnpike. Source: AP

Authorities said Kevin Roper, 35, apparently failed to slow for traffic ahead early on Saturday in Cranbury Township and swerved at the last minute to avoid a crash.

A report in the New York Daily News cited a Twitter account in Mr Roper's name with the motto, "Move or get hit!" According to the paper, the chilling words, which were in the bio section and were later deleted from the account.

But a spokesman for Wal-Mart denied the account belonged to Mr Roper telling the Mail Online that their employee had no presence on social media.

Mr Roper's big rig crashed into the back of Morgan's Mercedes limo bus, authorities said, killing comedian James "Jimmy Mack" McNair and critically injuring Morgan's assistant Jeffrey Millea and another comedian Ardie Fuqua Jr.

Charged ... Kevin Roper has been charged with one count of death by auto and four counts of assault by auto following the accident. Picture: Middlesex County Police Source: Supplied

The limo bus driver, Tyrone Gale, told ABC News he was disoriented after the vehicle flipped over and could hear Morgan yelling for help.

"I climbed around and heard Tracy screaming for help," Mr Gale said.

"I climbed up on the body of the limo bus ... but I couldn't reach them."

Mr Roper, accompanied by his lawyer, turned himself in to state police.

He was released on $US50,000 ($54,097) bail on Saturday night and placed on administrative leave, a Wal-Mart spokesman said.

TV success ... Morgan with fellow 30 Rock cast members Alec Baldwin and Tina Fey. Source: News Corp Australia

Wal-Mart President Bill Simon said in a statement the company "will take full responsibility" if authorities determine its truck caused the accident.

The National Transportation Safety Board is working with state police to look at any issues in the crash related to commercial trucking and limousine safety.

Six vehicles were involved in the pileup, but no one from the other cars was injured.

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