Paulette Benites Obituary – Two people involved in a single-vehicle fatal crash Saturday night on State 57 have been identified by the Brown County Sheriff’s Office. The driver of the vehicle is Wilder Benites-Arcibia, 54, of Sturgeon Bay, who suffered serious injuries when his car hit a deer that went through the windshield on the passenger side. After the crash, he was taken to a Green Bay hospital.
The passenger, 18-year-old Paulette Benites, of Sturgeon Bay died as a result of the crash.
The sheriff’s office said that after the deer went through the windshield, the vehicle crossed State 57, went into a ditch and through a fence, and stopped after it struck a tree near Sturgeon Bay Road. First responders were dispatched to the scene at 8:24 p.m. Saturday and found Benites’ body inside the vehicle.