Overview
- Local reports say a BMW driving the wrong way struck a Tesla Cybertruck head-on on Interstate 10 near Washington Avenue, igniting the BMW and pushing the truck into a semi-truck.
- The Cybertruck driver was taken to a hospital and later pronounced dead, and the BMW driver died at the scene.
- Friends and family identified the Cybertruck driver as Jamar Champ, 38, though officials had not formally released the names in initial updates.
- The crash happened shortly after midnight and forced a freeway shutdown during the morning commute, according to KHOU 11.
- Investigators are examining what caused the wrong-way driving, including possible impairment, as Kalysha posted on X and asked media to hold details out of concern for her children.