The limousine bus carrying Tracy Morgan and six other people lies on its side early morning on June 7, 2014 on the New Jersey Turnpike. (AP Photo/Will Vaultz Photography)

(Bloomberg) — Wal-Mart Stores Inc. said actor-comedian Tracy Morgan is to blame for injuries he sustained in a June highway crash because he wasn’t wearing a seatbelt.

Morgan, who was critically injured when the limousine bus he was in was struck by a Wal-Mart truck on the New Jersey Turnpike, sued Wal-Mart for negligence. Investigators found the truck driver was speeding and hadn’t slept for at least 24 hours, but Wal-Mart, the world’s biggest retailer, said Morgan is responsible “in whole or in part” for his injuries.

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