TCHDailyNews has learned of a fatal accident in Barron County, involving a Clintonville man and a 9 year-old Clintonville boy. According to the Barron County Sheriff’s Department, a car vs. semi accident was reported just before 4:00 am Sunday.
A press release by the Barron County Sheriff’s Department indicates a car crossed the center line and struck a semi, and the contact caused the semi to overturn and slide along the roadway into a ditch. Two people were trapped in the semi, and one was injured in the car. The driver, 48 year old Jerald Olmsted of Clintonville, was taken by ambulance with severe injuries. Reports indicate that Olmsted’s 9 year old son Alex Olmsted was pronounced deceased at the scene.