We now know more about those involved in an accident that closed Highway B for nearly 3 hours.
On Thursday, September 19 just after 6:30 the Barron County Sheriff’s Department received a call of a 2-vehicle crash on County Road B at 18th Street north of Rice Lake. Initial investigation shows a truck driven by 48-year-old Thomas Lamm of Boyceville was travelling south on 18th Street and failed to stop at the stop sign at 18th Street and Highway B and collided with a truck travelling west on Highway B driven by 47-year-old Corey Carlson of Rice Lake.
Carlson was extricated from the truck and flown to Mayo Hospital in Eau Claire with serious injuries. Lamm was pronounced deceased at the scene. This crash remains under investigation.
