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Barron County (WQOW) - A crash killed a woman in Barron County this morning.

It happened around 6:15 am on highway eight outside the city of Barron. The sheriff's department says the driver of a SUV was passing another vehicle in a no passing zone on a curve and collided with a semi. The driver of the SUV, Cheryl Baglien, died. She was 52 and was from Turtle Lake. A 17-year-old passenger was airlifted the hospital with serious injuries.  The semi driver was not hurt.

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Barron County (WQOW) - One person has died in a crash in Barron County.

It happened Tuesday around 6:15 a.m. on Highway 8 just outside the City of Barron. The sheriff's department says the driver of an SUV was passing another vehicle in a no passing zone on a curve and collided with a semi.  

The driver,  Cheryl Baglien, 52, of Turtle Lake died at the scene. A 17-year-old passenger was airlifted to Regions Hospital with serious injuries. The semi driver was not hurt. 

Traffic was detoured for eight hours while the state patrol did crash scene reconstruction.

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Barron Co. (WQOW) - Travel Alert: All lanes of traffic on Hwy 8 at Hwy 53 near Barron are blocked due to a crash.

Crews will be in the area for the next several hours so they're suggesting this detour:

Eastbound traffic should take County W east to County O, then south back to Hwy 8. Reverse directions for westbound traffic.