On Monday August 30, 2021, at 8:46 a.m., the Barron County 911 Center received a call of a two vehicle accident on Hwy 48 just east of Cumberland.
The Barron County Sheriff’s Department along with the Cumberland Police Department, Cumberland Ambulance, LMC Ambulance, Cumberland Fire Department and Life Link Helicopter all responded to the scene.
Initial investigation shows a vehicle driven by 18 year old Owen Cruz, of Cameron, was traveling east on Hwy 48 and crossed the center line striking the west bound car driven by Adriane Gianlupi, 55 of Eau Claire.
Gianlupi was transported to Cumberland Hospital with unknown injures and Cruz was extricated by the Cumberland Fire Department and flown to an Eau Claire hospital with serious but non-life threating injuries.
The crash remains under investigation by the Barron County Sheriff’s Department.
