Name Released in Meade County Fatal Crash

What:    Single vehicle fatal crash
Where:  Sturgis Road and Freedom Lane, Summerset, SD 
When:   3:14 p.m., Friday, Oct. 3, 2025

Driver 1: Anthony Arthur Grenstiner, 70-year-old male from Sturgis, SD, fatal injuries
Vehicle 1: 1961 Chevrolet Biscayne
Seat belt Used: Vehicle not equipped with seatbelts

Meade County, S.D.- A Sturgis man died Sunday from injuries related to a single vehicle crash Friday, Oct. 3 in Summerset, SD.

Preliminary crash information indicates Anthony Arthur Grenstiner, the driver of a 1961 Chevrolet Biscayne, was traveling westbound on Sturgis Road and left the roadway to the right near Freedom Lane, striking a road sign. The vehicle continued into the ditch, striking a telephone pole. 

After being taken to a Rapid City hospital with life-threatening injuries, Grenstiner died on Sunday. 

The South Dakota Highway Patrol is investigating the crash. All information released so far is only preliminary.

The Highway Patrol is an agency of the South Dakota Department of Public Safety.

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Note: Records of state-reportable crashes are now available at http://www.safesd.gov/ . Records should be available about 10 days after the investigation is complete.