An unidentified person is dead following a one-car crash on Ridge Road in the Town of Hartland Tuesday night.

According to a report from the Niagara County Sheriff's Office, around 8 p.m., an eastbound vehicle on Ridge Road left the road and went onto the south shoulder, striking a tree in the front yard of a home in the 8500 block of Ridge Road.

The driver of the vehicle was taken to ENH-Lockport shortly after and was pronounced deceased.

The investigation is continuing by the Niagara County Sheriff's Office Accident Investigation Unit.

The driver's identity was withheld by NCSO pending the notification of the family.

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