This is a tragedy. He was only 30, 4 years on the job...
Please keep his family in prayer!
http://www.9wsyr.com/mostpopular/story/Tro...iBYL3ZVerg.cspxTrooper killed in crash from suburban Watertown
Catskill (WSYR-TV) – A New York State Trooper was killed in a car accident Wednesday afternoon in the Eastern New York, State Police said. The trooper is a Watertown native.
The crash happened around 2:40pm Wednesday near the intersection of Route 32 and Cairo Junction Road in the Greene County Town of Catskill.
State Police say David Lane, 30, of the Jefferson Co. Town of Dexter, was traveling northbound in his patrol vehicle on State Route 32 in the Town of Catskill, when he attempted to pass another northbound vehicle. The vehicles made contact and Trooper Lane’s vehicle drove off the roadway and struck a telephone pole.
Police say Lane is a 4-year member of the State Police who worked out of the Catskill station. The Watertown Daily Times says the trooper was in Watertown on Tuesday night to celebrate his mother's victory in the Jefferson County clerk's race. The newspaper says Lane served in Iraq and Afghanistan with the Army's C Company, 307th Engineer Battalion, 82nd Airborne Division.
Lane is Cheryl and Stephen Lane’s youngest son.
Dexter is located about 10 miles west of Watertown.
November 5th 2009 3:01 AM
