A SUNY POTSDAM STUDENT FROM UNIONDALE, NEW YORK WAS KILLED, TWO OTHERS INJURED IN A TUPPER LAKE CAR CRASH TUESDAY AFTERNOON.

            STATE POLICE TROOP B HEADQUARTERS IN RAY BROOK SAYS 21-YEAR-OLD TYRELL SPENCER WAS A PASSENGER IN A SOUTH-BOUND VEHICLE ON STATE ROUTE 30 DRIVEN BY 20-YEAR-OLD ERICA ROMANIELLO OF SELDEN, NEW YORK.  THE CAR LEFT THE ROAD AND OVERTURNED SEVERAL TIMES; SPENCER WAS EJECTED SUFFERING CHEST AND HEAD TRAUMA.  THE CRASH OCCURRED A LITTLE BEFORE 1PM.  SPENCER WAS AIRLIFTED TO FLETCHER-ALLEN HEALTH CARE IN BURLINGTON, VERMONT WHERE HE LATER DIED.   ROMANIELLO AND A SECOND PASSENGER, 18-YEAR-OLD JEAN CARROLL OF ISLIP TERRACE, NEW YORK WERE TRANSPORTED BY AMBULANCE TO ADIRONDACK MEDICAL CENTER IN SARANAC LAKE.  ROMANIELLO AND CARROLL WERE ALSO SUNY POTSDAM STUDENTS.  THE GROUP WAS HEADING HOME FOR THE HOLIDAY RECESS.

            STATE POLICE CONTINUE TO INVESTIGATE; AN AUTOPSY ON SPENCER IS SCHEDULED FOR TODAY.