BUFFALO, MN –  The obituary and a photo have been posted on the Wright County Sheriff’s Department web site for the deputy killed while riding his motorcycle in the Twin Cities recently.  Click here to see obit.

The deputy, who was from Buffalo, was Daniel J. Lang, 43, was killed Tuesday, June 2 in motorcycle accident, reported the department.  Lang should not be mixed up with the Dan Lang, who is the former Howard Lake chief of police and is working currently as an investigator for Meeker County, who also worked formerly for the Wright County Sheriff’s Department.

The department issued a statement, which read, in part “The Wright County Sheriff’s Office is saddened to report that Deputy Daniel J. Lang was killed in an off duty motorcycle accident on June 2 in the City of Minneapolis.” Lang had been employed as a deputy sheriff for Wright since December of 2003.