Motorcycle accident ends in man's death

Photo by Chris Walker

Photo by Christopher Walker/Times Record News A motorcycle rests on its side near where the Lloyd Ruby Overpass exits to Kell West Freeway. The cycle traveled several blocks after its driver was ejected over the side of the overpass. He was killed in the accident.

Photo by Alyssa Johnston/Times Record News A 21-year-old man died in a motorcycle accident Saturday afternoon on the Lloyd Ruby Overpass. First responders and paramedics work to save his life where he landed on Holliday Street between 11th and 12th streets after being thrown from the overpass.

Saturday afternoon, David Villa Arizola Jr., 21, died in an apparent one-vehicle motorcycle accident that shut down much of the Lloyd Ruby Overpass.

About 11:30 a.m. Wichita Falls Police Department officers responded to an injury accident in the 1100 block of the Lloyd Ruby Overpass traveling south.

"The person riding the motorcycle was ejected and came off the overpass down onto Holliday Street," Sgt. John Spragins, WFPD public information officer said.

First responders and paramedics attempted to revive Arizola on scene, performing CPR and other life- saving measures. Arizola eventually was taken to the United Regional emergency room by ambulance, where he was pronounced dead.

According to a news release, the initial investigation revealed he was traveling south on the Lloyd Ruby Overpass and was ejected from his motorcycle. He went over the guardrail between 11th and 12th streets onto Holliday below.

Spragins said Arizola died as a result of accident injuries. The WFPD crash unit responded and is investigating the cause.

The accident shut down a portion of the freeway for more than an hour as investigators worked the scene. The bike continued traveling the distance to the exit to Kell Freeway West.

Help from the Wichita County Sheriff's Office and DPS steered motorists away from the overpass. Arizola's body will be sent to the Tarrant County Medical Examiner's Office for autopsy.