Beloved artist killed after deer hit by car, thrown through windshield of minivan

WCVB TV 11/9/17: Beloved artist killed after deer hit by car, thrown through windshield of minivan. A 76-year-old Wayland man was driving through Weston on Wednesday when he was impaled by antlers and killed after a car struck a deer, launching it through his minivan’s windshield.

Boston Globe 11/9/17: Wayland artist with ‘intense energy’ dies after a deer crashes into his windshield. A beloved and prominent 76-year-old artist from Wayland died Wednesday after a car struck a deer and propelled the animal into his windshield in Weston. David A. Lang, a sculptor, painter, and photographer whose work was displayed at museums and universities in Greater Boston, was driving a minivan north on Wellesley Street around 5:25 p.m. when a sedan traveling in the opposite direction struck a deer, throwing it into his lane.

Wayland Town Crier 11/9/17: Wayland artist saw ‘magic … in everyday things’. David Lang saw beauty where others just saw the mundane. “The thing that I loved about David was that he was remarkably imaginative and curious,” said the Rev. Stephanie May of the First Parish in Wayland. “He would take a photo of something that you would never even notice and it would be beautiful. He taught people to see the magic and extraordinary in everyday things. He was always looking for beauty, whether it was in a person or a doorknob and bird’s nest.” Lang died early Wednesday evening when a deer went through the windshield of his minivan.

WCVB TV 11/9/17: Man dies after deer crashes through windshield. A 76-year-old Wayland man died Wednesday after his vehicle was hit by a deer that had just been hit by another vehicle in Weston, police said. Police said the Wellesley Street crash happened at 5:25 p.m.

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