Wal-Mart Trucker Sleepless 24 Hours Before Morgan Crash
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A Wal-Mart Stores Inc. truck driver went at least 24 hours without sleep before his tractor-trailer crashed into a limousine, critically injuring actor-comedian Tracy Morgan and killing another entertainer, according to a police complaint.
Kevin Roper, 35, of Jonesboro, Georgia, drove “without having slept for a period in excess of 24 hours” before the six-vehicle accident on June 7 at 1 a.m. on the New Jersey Turnpike, according to a complaint released yesterday.