Love & Hip Hop: Hollywood star Masika Kalysha is grieving the loss of her estranged husband, Jamar Champ, who was killed in a fatal crash on a Houston freeway early Tuesday morning. He was 38 years old.
Houston police confirmed to KHOU 11 that the crash occurred shortly after midnight on Tuesday, October 28 along the Katy Freeway near the Washington Avenue and Westcott Street exits.
Investigators reported that a silver BMW was traveling westbound in the eastbound lanes of I-10 when it collided head-on with a Tesla Cybertruck driven by Champ. The BMW immediately caught fire on impact, while the Cybertruck was pushed into a nearby 18-wheeler.
First responders transported Champ to a nearby hospital in critical condition, but he was later pronounced dead. The driver of the BMW was killed at the scene, while the semi-truck driver was not injured and remained to speak with officers. An autopsy is being conducted to determine whether impairment contributed to the accident.
Police noted that several “Do Not Enter” and “Wrong Way” signs are clearly posted in the area, but wrong-way drivers remain a recurring danger on the freeway. Records obtained by KHOU 11 Investigates show that Harris County has experienced more than 100 wrong-way crash fatalities since 2015.
Champ, who once played football at North Dakota State University, married Kalysha in 2021. According to People, the pair separated two years later, with Kalysha revealing on social media in late 2023 that they had been living apart and undergoing mediation. Despite their estrangement, news of his sudden death prompted a deeply emotional response from the reality star.
In a post shared online shortly after the accident, Kalysha wrote that she had been unable to sleep when she received “the worst news of my life.”
She later asked the public and media outlets to give her privacy, particularly to protect her young daughter from learning of the tragedy through social media before she could share the news herself.
“I am in shambles, please respect my family and my children at this time,” she said in an emotional video message.