Overview
- Champ, 38, was identified by relatives as the Tesla Cybertruck driver who died after a head-on collision shortly after midnight on Oct. 28 on the Katy Freeway.
- A silver BMW was traveling west in the eastbound lanes when it struck the Cybertruck head-on near the Washington Avenue area, according to Houston police.
- The BMW caught fire and the impact pushed the Cybertruck into a Freightliner 18-wheeler, whose driver was not injured.
- The BMW driver was pronounced dead at the scene, while Champ was transported in critical condition and later pronounced dead at a hospital; authorities have not publicly named the BMW driver.
- Masika Kalysha asked for privacy to protect her children and later posted a tribute, as investigators continue the vehicular-crimes case and await autopsy and toxicology results.