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Nov. 19, 2014 / 12:53 AM

Tracy Morgan coping with serious brain injury

Morgan, 45, was injured when a Walmart tractor trailer slammed into a limo bus carrying the comedian and several friends after a show in Delaware.

Tracy Morgan is shown arriving at the White House in 2010. His attorney says he is fighting a serious brain injury after a June 2014 crash in New Jersey. UPI/Alexis C. Glenn

Tracy Morgan is shown arriving at the White House in 2010. His attorney says he is fighting a serious brain injury after a June 2014 crash in New Jersey. UPI/Alexis C. Glenn | License Photo

TRENTON, N.J., Nov. 19 (UPI) -- Tracy Morgan, former 30 Rock and Saturday Night Live star, is fighting to overcome a traumatic brain injury he suffered during a crash in New Jersey earlier this year.

Benedict Morelli, Morgan's attorney, told MSNBC.com that the comedian's injuries were much more serious than first reported after the June accident on the New Jersey Turnpike.

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"The story with Tracy is at the beginning when reports came out they had a lot of misinformation. The first thing thing that happened is that they reported that he died. Then they reported that he had lost his leg. The truth is that he actually had a very bad traumatic brain injury," the lawyer told MSNBC.

Morelli told MSNBC that Morgan is lucky to be alive and that he would keep fighting and working hard to overcome the brain injury and return to himself.

Morgan, 45, was injured when a Walmart tractor trailer slammed into a limo bus carrying the comedian and several friends after a show in Delaware. The crash killed comedian James "Jimmy Mack" McNair and injured three other passengers.

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Morgan is suing Walmart and attorneys for both sides were in court in Trenton on Tuesday to schedule hearing dates in the civil lawsuit.

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