One person is in critical condition following a reported vehicle vs. pedestrian crash in northwestern Douglas County early Sunday. Douglas County first responders were called to the crash scene on U.S. Highway 40 near E. 78th Road in Big Springs just after 2:30 a.m. A Lawrence-Douglas County Fire Medical ambulance transported the injured person to Stormont Vail Health in Topeka. Deputies have a stretch of ...
At least three people were injured in a crash on U.S. Highway 40 in northwestern Douglas County early Tuesday morning. Emergency crews were called to the 200 block of U.S. 40 at 12:07 a.m. for a two-vehicle crash. One of the vehicles was reported to have been on fire after the crash, and at least two people were trapped in their vehicle. Radio traffic indicated that two people were in critical condition, and ...
Updated at 3:01 p.m., Monday, January 2, 2023. One person has died and another is critically injured following a two-vehicle crash at the intersection of West Sixth Street and Iowa Street early Monday. Lawrence Police and Lawrence-Douglas County Fire Medical crews were called to the intersection just after 1:50 a.m. Radio traffic stated that firefighters arrived to find two vehicles with "major damage." ...
Three women were injured when the vehicle they were riding in crashed and rolled onto its top late Saturday night in Downtown Lawrence. Lawrence Police and Lawrence-Douglas County Fire Medical crews were called to the intersection of 13th Street and Massachusetts Street, just before midnight, where they found a vehicle on its roof. Radio traffic from the scene indicates none of the injured women were wearing ...
The Douglas County Sheriff's Office tried to stop a vehicle which allegedly committed several traffic violations shortly before 1 a.m. Sunday. The driver of the silver Nissan Versa refused to stop for officers and accelerated to nearly 90 miles per hour while southbound East 2200 Road, south of Eudora. Radio traffic indicates deputies pursued the vehicle south to North One Road, or the Franklin County border, ...
Updated story - March 12 — DUI suspected in weekend crash in west Lawrence The Lawrence Police Department is investigating after a sport utility vehicle was found crashed in the ditch near Trail Road and South Folks Road early Sunday morning. Police arrived on scene around 4:45 a.m. and reported the red SUV was crashed about 30 feet off the road. Radio traffic from officers indicated the driver, only ...