(CNN) — Actor Tracy Morgan is in critical condition after a six-vehicle accident in New Jersey early Saturday, authorities said.
The former “Saturday Night Live” cast member and “30 Rock” star was riding in a limo bus when the accident occurred in Mercer County, said Sgt. Gregory Williams of the New Jersey State Police.
The limo bus overturned at the New Jersey Turnpike in Robbinsville, he said.
“The limo bus is the only vehicle that overturned,” Williams said. “Looks like one of the tractor-trailers may have rear-ended that limo bus, but that’s preliminary at this time.”
Actor Tracy Morgan in critical condition
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Williams said he does not believe alcohol played a role in the accident, but that is under investigation.
In addition to the bus, the wreck involved two tractor-trailers and an SUV, he said.
One person was killed and seven others hospitalized with injuries, authorities said. The fatality may have been another passenger in the limo bus, Williams said.
Peter Haigney, a spokesman for the Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, said four patients are being treated there.
Three are in critical condition and one is in fair condition, he said.
The hospital said that a man named Tracy Morgan was among those in critical condition, but citing privacy laws, declined to confirm it is the actor. State police confirmed his identity to CNN.
Morgan performed Friday night at the Dover Downs Hotel and Casino in Dover, Delaware, the venue said.
CNN’s Suzanne Presto and Carma Hassan contributed to this report. CNN first learned of the accident from multiple Twitter users.
Prayers go up for Tracy Morgan and the others injured. Condolence to the family of the one person that died.
Unno doah run in pon mi comment tideh fi get mi stink but God doah like ugly nd him nuh stock pon pretty karma cumz in many different shape and form yuh c how dis man did diss him wife just like de spanish wan him george afta him get him wife kidney..my condolences tuh the wan gone nd get well soon tuh de rest of you guys..
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Simplicity is it him or Kevn Hart did di wife dissing?
Is true shi a talk man. A think is summen to do with taking him wife of girlfriend kidney and then dumping her rigth after he got it.
Keeping my fingers crossed he pulls through this,my sincere condolences to the life lost.
It’s not his wife ,it’s his father he dissed real badly.His dad is living in poverty and he refuses to help.
Wishing them all a speedy recovery.
I pray for him and his family.