Trucker Awake For 28 Hours Before Tracy Morgan Crash, Reports Say

The Walmart truck driver involved in the crash that injured Tracy Morgan and killed another comedian had been awake for 28 hours before that crash on the New Jersey Turnpike, published reports said.

The trucker, Kevin Roper, 35, had worked for almost 14 hours at the time of the accident, according to Bloomberg Business.

Before he started his shift, he drove 12 hours in his personal vehicle from his Georgia home to his Delaware job, ABC news said.

He was halfway through the 13th hour of his 14-hour shift when the crash occurred on the Turnpike, ABC news said.

The June 7, 2014 crash in Cranbury killed James McNair and injured four other occupants of a limo van.

The findings about the driver’s sleep were among those reported Tuesday by the National Transportation Safety Board.

But the board’s report also unveiled other information:

That limo van had been modified and that made it impossible for the occupants to get out until emergency workers arrived, according to Bloomberg Business.

Those emergency workers also had trouble getting into the vehicle, according to findings released at the hearing, which was live-streamed by USA Today.

The crash occurred at 12:55 a.m. The first responders arrived at 1:14 a.m., and the first two occupants were removed at 1:38 a.m. and 1:39 a.m.

Then, as the patients were removed from the vehicle, there were not enough basic life support units at the scene.

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