Lynette Walentiny Obituary Minnesota: Sauk Rapids woman dead after Benton County car accident
A woman from Sauk Rapids has tragically died, and her passenger sustained critical injuries following a collision on Highway 23 Monday morning.
According to the Minnesota State Patrol’s preliminary report, the crash occurred shortly after 6:30 a.m. when 67-year-old Lynette Walentiny was driving north on 25th Avenue Northeast. Her Lincoln MKZ collided at the intersection of Highway 23 with a Pontiac Grand Prix driven by a 46-year-old St. Cloud man.
Walentiny was transported to CentraCare St. Cloud Hospital, where she was pronounced dead. Her passenger, 73-year-old Darlene Steinhofer, also from Sauk Rapids, suffered life-threatening injuries. The driver of the Pontiac also sustained injuries.
All individuals involved were wearing seatbelts, and road conditions were wet at the time of the accident.
Sauk Rapids is a city in Benton County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 13,862 at the 2020 census and is 13,896 according to 2021 census estimates, about a third of Benton County’s population. It is on a set of rapids on the Mississippi River near its confluence with the Sauk River.