UD student drowns in lake near hometown

A University of Dayton student died Thursday evening in an apparent accidental drowning near his hometown.

In an email sent out the the campus community, the university announced the 20-year-old Luke Skotzke, a rising sophomore, had died.

Skotzke drowned at Lake Taylor in Pilgrim Village around 9 p.m. on Thursday, WOIO, a CBS affiliate in Cleveland, reported.

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The lake is about 30 minutes from Skotzke’s hometown of Chardon, which is just east of Cleveland…

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