{"id":25755,"date":"2025-10-29T06:02:19","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T06:02:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/25755\/"},"modified":"2025-10-29T06:02:19","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T06:02:19","slug":"family-and-friends-identify-victim-of-fatal-crash-in-houston-as-former-ndsu-football-player-jamar-champ","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/25755\/","title":{"rendered":"Family and friends identify victim of fatal crash in Houston as former NDSU football player Jamar Champ"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"420\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/screenshot-2025-10-28-145806.png\" class=\"wp-image-6190488 attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Screenshot 2025 10 28 145806\" decoding=\"async\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>HOUSTON (FOX 26) \u2013 Two men are dead after a crash on I-10 Katy Freeway Tuesday morning, where one man was going the wrong way and crashed into the other man\u2019s vehicle.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">Sergeant Rebecca Dallas stated they received scalls around 12:05 a.m. about a vehicle going the wrong way near the 6600 block of I-10 Katy Freeway just before the Washington Ave and Westcott Street exit.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">The BMW four-door sedan was going westbound in the eastbound lanes of Katy Freeway, officials said.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">According to Sgt. Dallas, the BMW crashed with a Cybertruck going into downtown in the eastbound lanes. The Cybertruck bounced off and hit an 18-wheeler also driving in the eastbound lanes.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">The BMW caught fire and Houston Fire Department was called. One male was pronounced dead at the scene.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">Officials say the 66-year-old driver of the Cybertruck was taken to a local hospital in critical condition and was later pronounced dead.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">The 18-wheeler driver stayed at the scene and was not injured.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">At this time, it is not confirmed why the BMW driver was going the wrong way or if they were under the influence.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">Family and friends on social media identified one of the victims as Jamar Champ and are mourning his loss.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">Champ played as a wide receiver under coach Craig Bohl in 2005 but redshirted in 2006 before leaving the team.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HOUSTON (FOX 26) \u2013 Two men are dead after a crash on I-10 Katy Freeway Tuesday morning, where&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":25756,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[56,58,57,5874,18087,14031,18088],"class_list":{"0":"post-25755","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-houston","8":"tag-houston","9":"tag-houston-headlines","10":"tag-houston-news","11":"tag-i-10","12":"tag-jamar-champ","13":"tag-katy-freeway","14":"tag-ndsu-bison-football"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25755","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25755"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25755\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25756"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25755"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25755"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25755"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}