Two Killed in Barron County Crash Involving Dump Truck

CUMBERLAND, Wis. (AP) – Two people are dead in a collision involving a dump truck and car in Barron County.

The sheriff’s department says the truck was eastbound on Highway 48 near Cumberland Wednesday afternoon when a westbound car crossed the center line and the two vehicles crashed.

The driver of the car, 19-year-old Damien Weiss, of Turtle Lake, and a 21-year-old passenger, Dallas McDowell, of Amery, were killed in the crash.

Both were pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the dump truck, a 61-year-old Chippewa Falls man, was taken to Cumberland Hospital with minor injuries.