72-year-old man killed in crash in Le Sueur County

A 72-year-old man was killed in a crash between New Prague and Montgomery on Thursday.

The Le Sueur County Sheriff’s Office responded to a report of a motor vehicle accident on Co Rd 3, north of Co Rd 29 in Lanesburg Township just before 3 p.m.

Investigators say a Hyundai sedan driven by Kyle Wayne Peterson, 35, of Bethel, was traveling north on Co Road 3 when it crossed the center line and collided head-on with a southbound Ford pickup, which was driven by 30-year-old Adam Wacholz.

A passenger in Peterson’s car, 72-year-old Ronald Alan Otterstrom of Shoreview, was critically injured in the crash. Otterstrom was treated at the scene and then transported to a hospital in New Prague, where he was pronounced dead.

Adam Wacholz and his passenger, Whitney Marie Wacholz, 31, both of New Richland, were also transported to New Prague Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

Peterson was treated at the scene and then transported to North Memorial Hospital in Robbinsdale for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries.

The cause of the crash is still under investigation.