College student dies while skiing near Lake Placid
WILMINGTON, N.Y. (AP) — A college senior has died in a crash while skiing in New York’s Adirondack Mountains.
St. Lawrence University officials announced Lukas Harvey died Saturday morning while skiing with friends at Whiteface Mountain in Wilmington. He and his friends had planned to celebrate Easter the following day with Harvey’s family in Vermont.
It is with profound sadness that we share the news that Lukas Harvey ’18 passed away Saturday morning in a skiing accident. “He touched us with the flame and light of a beautiful heart.” Read more from President Fox: https://t.co/l9d9yVwdJ9 pic.twitter.com/pYCu1NvQsd
— St. Lawrence University (@StLawrenceU) April 1, 2018
The Times Union reports Harvey was a geology major at the university with a minor in government.
University president William Fox says Harvey had “boundless energy, genuine openness and developing talent.”
No additional information about the crash has been released.
