Walmart truck driver who almost killed comedian charged with aggravated manslaughter

joan

December 24, 2015 11:37 AM

Kevin Roper has been charged with first degree of aggravated manslaughter, second-degree vehicular homicide and eight counts of third-degree aggravated assault charges.

An elated Tracy Morgan caught on camera

The Walmart truck driver who left Tracy Morgan hospitalized for more than a year has been indicted by a grand jury.

Kevin Roper slammed the famous comedian's limo van, killing one passenger James McNair and severely injuring Morgan in June 2014.

On Wednesday, December 23, Roper was charged with first-degree aggravated manslaughter, second-degree vehicular homicide and eight counts of third-degree aggravated assault charges.

As previously reported, Roper had allegedly been awake for more than 24 hours when his Walmart truck plowed into Morgan’s vehicle on the New Jersey Turnpike. The crash left comedian McNair dead and several others injured. Morgan, 47, spent more than a year recovering from broken bones and a serious brain injury (he was in a coma for two weeks), and returned to the stage for the first time last October for 'Saturday Night Live’s 30 Rock' reunion.

Back in August, the National Transportation Safety Board investigation reported that Roper hadn’t slept for 28 hours and failed to slow down immediately before the crash even though there were warning signs posted.

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