UPDATE:
UPDATE:
At 7:30 a.m. the Barron County Sheriff’s Department was advised by the Ramsey County Medical Examiner’s Office that one of the 14 year old females involved in the crash from last night has passed
away.
ORIGINAL PRESS RELEASE:
On Monday October 10, 2022 at 7pm the Barron County 911 center received a call of a one vehicle rollover on 16 ½ Ave near 19 ¾ St, just north of Cameron. Deputies from the Barron County Sheriff’s Department along with the Cameron Fire Department, LMC Ambulance, Cameron Police Department, Mayo Ambulance, WI State Patrol and 2 Life Link Helicopters responded to the scene.
Initial investigation shows a vehicle occupied by a 16 year old male was travelling west on 16 ½ Ave at a high rate of speed and lost control causing the vehicle to roll several times. In the vehicle were 3 juvenile female ages 15, 14 and 14. Two females were flown to Regions Hospital in St Paul and are in critical condition. The third female was transported to LMC and later flown out to a Marshfield Hospital with serious injuries.
The male driver was treated at the scene for minor injuries. As a result of the initial investigation the 16 year old was taken into custody on charges of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of a controlled substance causing injury and is currently being held in the Eau Claire Secure Detention Facility. This case is being sent to the Barron County District Attorney’s Office for review.
This crash remains under investigation by the Barron County Sheriff’s Department and is being reconstructed by the WI State Patrol. Our thoughts and prayers are with all the families involved.
