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Undersheriff Matthew John Lane | Ferry County Sheriff's Department, Washington
Ferry County Sheriff's Department, Washington

Undersheriff

Matthew John Lane

Ferry County Sheriff's Department, Washington

End of Watch: Friday, May 30, 2003

Biographical Info

Age: 42
Tour of Duty: 17 years
Badge Number: A2

Incident Details

Cause of Death: Aircraft accident
Date of Incident: May 30, 2003
Weapon Used: Not available
Suspect Info: Not available

Undersheriff Lane was killed in an airplane accident during a search-and-rescue mission near the Sherman Pass summit at 1000 hours.

He and a civilian pilot were part of a rescue effort searching for a missing woman. The woman was found later in the afternoon when she walked out of the woods near the point where she was reported missing. The pilot of the Cessna 172 was also killed in the accident.

Undersheriff Lane had served with the 8-person department for 13 years. He had previously served with the Republic Police Department for four years and with the Soap Lake Police Department. In 1999, he was shot in the cheek when he responded to a neighborhood disturbance.

He is survived by his wife, two children, parents, two brothers, and four sisters.