24 Hours Without Sleep...

Roper, a Wal-Mart truck driver from Georgia, was charged with death by auto and four counts of assault by auto in the wake of a deadly chain-reaction crash on the New Jersey Turnpike early Saturday, June 7, 2014, that left actor-comedian Tracy Morgan and two others critically injured and another man dead. (AP Photo/New Jersey State Police)

NEW BRUNSWICK - A Georgia truck driver charged in the New Jersey crash that killed one man and critically injured comedian Tracy Morgan had not slept in more than 24 hours, according to a criminal complaint filed on Monday.

A tractor trailer driven by Kevin Roper, 35, of Jonesboro, Georgia, slammed into a limousine van carring Morgan, known for his television roles on "30 Rock" and "Saturday Night Live," and his associates early on Saturday.

Roper was operating a truck "on the New Jersey Turnpike without having slept in excess of 24 hours," according to the complained filed in Middlesex County Court.

The driver was due to appear in court on Wednesday to face a charge of vehicular homicide and three counts of assault by auto, court documents show.

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