McDONOUGH – The Chenango County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the cause of a snowmobile accident that took the life of a Smithville man early Wednesday morning.

Sheriff’s Lt. Richard Cobb said 48-year-old Ross Scribner Jr. of Smithville was killed between 1 and 4 a.m. Wednesday after the Polaris snowmobile he was riding along Creek Road in the Town of McDonough left the side of the road and went down a steep embankment.