A PLATTSBURGH-AREA MAN PERISHED IN A COLLISION BETWEEN THE SNOWMOBILE HE WAS RIDING AND A DUMP TRUCK NEAR ST.REGIS FALLS THURSDAY MORNING.

            STATE POLICE TROOP B HEADQUARTERS IN RAY BROOK SAYS 53-YEAR-OLD CHRISTOPHER MACEY OF MORRISONVILLE WAS TRAVELING NORTH ABOUT 11 THURSDAY MORNING ON BLUE MOUNTAIN ROAD IN THE TOWN OF WAVERLY, OPERATING THE SECOND SNOWMOBILE IN A GROUP OF FOUR.  THE SOUTH-BOUND TANDEM DUMP TRUCK DRIVEN BY 57-YEAR-OLD EARL BONO OF WINTHROP MET THE MACEY SNOWMOBILE ON A SHARP CURVE; INVESTIGATORS SAY BONO WAS UNABLE TO STOP IN TIME TO AVOID THE COLLISION.  STATE POLICE WERE ASSISTED BY FOREST RANGERS AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION OFFICERS AT THE SCENE.

            MACEY WAS TRANSPORTED BY ST.REGIS FALLS RESCUE TO ALICE HYDE MEDICAL CENTER IN MALONE.  AUTOPSY RESULTS FOUND THE CAUSE OF DEATH TO BE ACCIDENTAL.  INVESTIGATORS SAY THEY CONTINUE TO LOOK AT THE ACCIDENT, CHARGES ARE PENDING.     

            THE ACCIDENT SCENE IS ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTH OF STATE ROUTE 458.