Erika May, 83, of Sturgeon Bay, died Monday evening, September 21, 2026, after she was struck by a vehicle while crossing State Highway 57 in the Town of Sevastopol.
May was crossing the highway near County Road P and was heading toward a nearby parking lot when the crash happened. She was taken to Door County Medical Center for treatment after being struck.
Despite efforts to treat her injuries, May later died at the hospital. The crash ended the life of an 83-year-old woman who had spent decades building memories and connections in her community.
The incident happened during what appears to have been an ordinary trip. May was making her way toward the parking lot when the vehicle hit her. In a matter of moments, the situation changed completely.
May was from Sturgeon Bay and had lived for 83 years. While the details provided about her personal life are limited, her death marks a painful loss for the people who knew her and shared part of her life.
Pedestrian crashes can turn a familiar road into the scene of a sudden tragedy. In this case, the collision on State Highway 57 left May with injuries serious enough to require emergency medical care at Door County Medical Center.
Her death is now remembered as the loss of an elderly Sturgeon Bay woman whose life ended after a crash in Sevastopol. The circumstances described in the report center on the moment she was crossing the highway near County Road P.
For those who knew May, the final moments of her life will not tell the whole story. She was 83 and had lived through eight decades of everyday moments, family memories and experiences that cannot be reduced to the circumstances of one crash.
Erika May is remembered here for the life she lived, not only for the accident that took her life. Her passing leaves behind people who must now face her absence and hold on to the memories they shared with her.
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