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Former 30 Rock actor Tracy Morgan (pictured), who rose to fame after eight seasons on Saturday Night Live and co-starred in the 30 Rock comedy series from 2006 to 2013, has reportedly settled a lawsuit for an undisclosed amount with Walmart over a car accident in 2014 that left one man dead and seriously the comedian and another man.
Morgan's press agent released a statement relative to the settlement saying that the actor and other parties to the suit are pleased with the outcome.
The actor, comedian was rushed to the hospital in critical but stable condition after the fatal six-car car accident that involved a Walmart truck driver. Morgan was a passenger in a Mercedes Sprinter limousine that was travelling that day on the New Jersey Turnpike. His mentor and friend, Kevin McNair, 63, was killed in the crash.
Morgan, 46, a popular Black comedian who rose from a housing project in Bronx, New York to Hollywood stardom, was returning from a comedy tour performance at the Dover Downs Hotel & Casino in Dover, Delaware.
Speed was a factor, police have said.
The limousine bus carrying Morgan, McNair and three other comedians, was struck from behind by the driver, which allegedly caused a chain reaction.
Morgan reportedly suffered a broken leg and femur, a broken nose, and several broken ribs.
Morgan has three grown sons by ex wife Sabina Morgan, and a daughter born in 2013 with model and fiancee Megan Rollover.
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