New York State Police on Thursday confirmed the death a day earlier of a 44-year-old Whiteface Mountain skier who was the son of a well-known Albany lobbyist.
The circumstances behind the death of Michael Vacek Jr. of Atlanta, Georgia are under investigation, said Trooper Brandi Ashley.
The fatality at the Wilmington alpine center is among other annual serious injuries sustained by skiers at Whiteface, Belleayre and Gore mountains, which are state-owned. This one came after Vacek’s friends reported him missing…