U.S. Army · United States

Craig Lehner

2017

Life Service Also Served In Our Keeping

Craig E. Lehner served the U.S. Army.

How He Died

Manner Accident

Cause Multiple traumatic injuries

What Happened

Police Officer Craig Lehner drowned while conducting a training dive in the Niagara River, in the area of Broderick Park and Bird Island Pier.

Members of the agency's Underwater Recovery Team were conducting a regularly scheduled training exercise in swift water currents. Officer Lehner entered the water as part of the training but failed to surface after his safety cable broke while he was submerged.

Officer Lehner's body was recovered on October 17th, 2017, during a massive recovery effort involving over 20 local, state, federal, and Canadian law enforcement agencies.

Officer Lehner was a veteran of the Army National Guard. He had served with the Buffalo Police Department for nine years and was assigned to the Canine Unit.

Survivors

He is survived by his mother and sister.

Service Record

U.S. Army

Also Served

Buffalo Police Department

Police Officer

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