Tracy Morgan crash elevated driver fatigue as problem nationally

January 14, 2016 |

Submitted by New Jersey Truck Accident Attorney, Jeffrey Hark. For additional information on the Tracy Morgan crash, look here. WASHINGTON — The driver of the tractor-trailer that slammed into a limo bus carrying actor and comedian Tracy Morgan hadn’t slept for 28 hours before the accident on the New Jersey Turnpike in Cranbury. And it was all perfectly…

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Congress demands study of trucker hours after Tracy Morgan crash

December 3, 2015 |

Submitted by New Jersey Truck Crash Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark WASHINGTON — Federal lawmakers want a study on truck drivers’ hours in the wake of the New Jersey Turnpike crash that seriously injured comedian Tracy Morgan and killed his friend. The Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act, which renews federal surface transportation programs through 2020, requires a Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration…

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The Trucks Are Killing Us

August 25, 2015 |

Submitted by New Jersey Truck Crash Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. ACCIDENTS like the one that critically injured the comedian Tracy Morgan, killed his friend and fellow comedian James McNair, known as Jimmy Mack, and hurt eight others on the New Jersey Turnpike last year are going to continue to happen unless Congress stops coddling the trucking…

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Tracy Morgan Crash Largely Result of Truck Driver’s Fatigue, Regulators Say

August 12, 2015 |

Submitted by New Jersey Truck Crash Attorney, Jeffrey Hark. Federal transportation regulators on Tuesday cited a Walmart truck driver’s fatigue as the chief cause of a crash last year that killed the comedian James McNair and critically injured Tracy Morgan, a star of the television series “30 Rock.” National Transportation Safety Board investigators, presenting their…

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