Mark Sperrazza, 49, killed, after his car crashed into a tree on Main Street in the Town of Newstead.

Around 4:30 a.m. Sunday a State Police Trooper was flagged down by a passing motorist who reported a vehicle off the roadway on Main Street in Newstead. The trooper found a vehicle that had crashed into a tree on the south shoulder of the road near Barnum Road. The driver, 49 year-old Mark Sperrazza, of Tonawanda, was found dead at the scene. The cause of the accident is yet to be determined pending the results of the ongoing investigation.