Truck driver pleads not guilty in Tracy Morgan crash

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. – A truck driver pleaded not guilty Wednesday in the fatal New Jersey Turnpike crash that also injured comedian Tracy Morgan.

A criminal complaint alleges that 35-year-old Kevin Roper, of Jonesboro, Georgia, hadn’t slept for more than 24 hours before the accident when he allegedly swerved to avoid slowed traffic on the turnpike and plowed into Morgan’s limo on Saturday morning.

Wal-Mart has said it believes he was in compliance with federal safety regulations.

Roper pleaded not guilty to assault and death by auto charges, and his bail was kept at $50,000.