Two people were injured when two cars collided shortly after 9 p.m. Wednesday at the intersection of U.S. Highways 59 and 56, south of Lawrence, Douglas County SheriffâÂÂs dispatchers said. One person was taken by Lawrence-Douglas County Fire & Medical to Lawrence Memorial Hospital, and another person was transported to KU Med, Kansas City, Kan., by Life Star helicopter. No other information was available late Wednesday. The Kansas Highway Patrol was investigating the accident.

Emergency calls

Lawrence-Douglas County Fire & Medical reported the following responses:

Fire calls

⢠Smoke detector malfunction, 10:14 p.m. Tuesday, 1467 Jayhawk Blvd.

⢠Smoke scare, 8:18 p.m. Tuesday, 634 Schwarz Road.

⢠Smoke detector malfunction, 2:08 p.m. Tuesday, 1301 Sunnyside Ave.

⢠Building fire, clothes dryer, 1:27 a.m. Tuesday, 1021 Maine.