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Police identify driver killed in Tyler crash

Police are at the scene and closed off the area.

TYLER, Texas — One person is dead following a two-vehicle crash in Tyler.

According to the Tyler Police Dept. on Wednesday, around 10 p.m., crews responded to a crash in the 1000 block of W. Grande Blvd. 

When police arrived on scene, they found the driver of an SUV, identified as Lamonte Martin, 24, of Tyler, was traveling eastbound when it struck the passenger side rear bumper of a pickup that was making a left turn.  

The SUV lost control and flipped, ejecting Martin, the sole occupant of the vehicle.  

Martin was pronounced dead at the scene and the two occupants of the pickup were not injured.  

At this time all lanes of W. Grande Blvd. have been cleared and are now open to normal traffic.

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