Overview
- The collision happened shortly after 12 a.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 28, on the 6600 block of Katy Freeway in Houston, according to police.
- Investigators say a silver BMW traveling the wrong way hit a silver Tesla Cybertruck head-on, igniting the BMW and sending the Tesla into a blue Freightliner 18-wheeler.
- The BMW driver was pronounced dead at the scene, the Tesla driver died at a hospital, and the 66-year-old 18-wheeler driver was uninjured.
- Authorities say official identifications are pending family notification, though friends and family identified the Tesla driver as 38-year-old Jamar Champ.
- Masika Kalysha posted that she received devastating news and asked media to withhold details until she informs her children, as HPD’s Vehicular Crimes Division continues its investigation and orders an autopsy to determine if impairment played a role.