Fatal Tyler Wreck

TYLER � One person has been killed in an accident on Tyler�s southeast side. It happened in a three vehicle wreck on the loop at University Boulevard late Friday afternoon. Dead at the scene was John Michele Ruiz, 29, of Tyler. The preliminary investigation indicates that Ruiz was westbound on the loop on a Yamaha motorcycle. A SUV had been eastbound on the Loop and made a U-Turn at the intersection of University Boulevard to travel westbound on the Loop. Investigators say that Ruiz tried to pass the SUV on the left of the vehicle and hit the driver side of it. This caused Ruiz to lose control and hit the concrete median in the center of the loop. The motorcycle then vaulted over the median and hit a pickup. The pickup was stopped for traffic in the left turn lane on the eastbound side of the Loop.