On the early morning of October 13, 2024, 50-year-old Tijuan Devell White of Robbinsdale, Minnesota, was driving a 2014 Chevrolet Impala eastbound on U.S. Highway 20 near Earlville, Iowa, with two passengers. For reasons not yet determined the car crossed the median and traveled more than a mile east in the westbound lanes before colliding head-on with a 2018 Freightliner straight-truck. The crash ignited both vehicles and all three occupants of the Impala — White, 21-year-old Tyrese Devell Johnson of Minneapolis, and 38-year-old Augustine T. Monboe of Robbinsdale — were pronounced dead at the scene; the truck driver suffered only minor injuries.

Investigators later determined White had sustained a gunshot wound prior to the collision and say they found no evidence the shot came from outside the vehicle, suggesting it originated inside the Impala. The intense post-crash fire has hindered efforts to determine the exact manner of White’s death. The Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation, Iowa State Patrol, Delaware County Sheriff’s Office and the Iowa Office of the State Medical Examiner are handling the ongoing inquiry. No arrests or suspects have been publicly identified.

If anyone has information about the Impala, its occupants that night, or events on U.S. Highway 20 near Earlville on October 13, 2024, please share what is known.