two others were injured. morgan is expected to stay in the hospital a few weeks. the truck driver kevin robe ez wur charged one count of death by auto and four counts of assault by auto. and today we learned he was driving for over 24 hours. sadly it takes a tragedy like this to shine light on the issue of truck driver safety. just last week the senate appropriations committee passed an amendment that would suspend a requirement that truck drivers rest for at least 34 consecutive hours. it was pushed by senator susan collins and passed with 21 votes. i pray for everyone involved in this tragedy. i ve been a tracy morgan fan for years. i first met him hosting saturday night live. he would impersonate me and i always got a kick out of it. at last year s white house correspondent dinner, we took a
back at the station i walked in the door and i had a big grin on my face and i said, you guys have to see this. the jaws were dropped. the footage rob shot goes viral, garnering more than 1.5 million hits on youtube. since the wreck, the ramp has been redesigned to better ensure truck driver safety. to this day, rob still marvels at how he wound up at the right place at the right time, even though it was the wrong place and wrong time for the driver. the fact that i had my camera set up and pointed towards the ramp when the truck was coming down. i can t imagine i am speechless. the timing couldn t have been more perfect. you never think that anything like this is going to happen when you are going out on a shoot. coming up, a base jumper overextends himself with brutal consequences.
back at the station i walked in the door and i had a big grin on my face and i said, you guys have to see this. the footage rob shot goes viral, garnering more than 1.5 million hits on youtube. the ramp has been redesigned to ensure truck driver safety. rob still marvels at how he wound up at the right place at the right time, even though it was the wrong place and the wrong time for the driver. the fact that i had my camera set up and pointed towards the ramp when the truck was coming down. i can t imagine i am speechless. the timing couldn t have been more perfect. you never think that anything like this is going to happen when you are going out on a shoot. coming up, a base jumper overextends himself with brutal consequences.
the driver s injuries are minor, but rob s story, major. back at the station i walked in the door and i had a big grin on my face and i said, you guys have to see this. the footage rob shot goes viral, garnering more than1.5 million hits on youtube. the ramp has been redesigned to ensure truck driver safety. rob still marvels at how he wound up at the right place at the right time, even though it was the wrong place and the wrong time for the driver. the fact that i had my camera set up and pointed towards the ramp when the truck was coming down. i can t imagine i am speechless. the timing couldn t have been more perfect. you never think that anything like this is going to happen when you are going out on a shoot. coming up, a base jumper
the ramp has been redesigned to ensure truck driver safety. rob still marvels at how he wound up at the right place at the right time, even though it was the wrong place and the wrong time for the driver. the fact that i had my camera set up and pointed towards the ramp when the truck was coming down. i can t imagine i am speechless. the timing couldn t have been more perfect. you never think that anything like this is going to happen when you are going out on a shoot. coming up, a base jumper overextends himself with brutal consequences. before i could even really know what s happening, bang, i hit the ground. [ female announcer ] with every twist and turn. i need a clean that keeps up. new olay fresh effects