Injury Accidents

A Topeka woman was treated and released from Lawrence Memorial Hospital after her pickup went off Interstate 70 west of Lawrence Saturday.

Jennifer Bicknell, 29, was a passenger in a pickup driving toward Topeka on I-70. The driver, 32-year-old John Bicknell, also of Topeka, lost control of the pickup just before 5 p.m near the Lecompton exit. The truck came to rest on its side in a ditch. Lawrence-Douglas County Fire & Medical cut away the windshield to get Jennifer Bicknell out. An ambulance took her to the hospital. She and John Bicknell were wearing seat belts.

Emergency calls

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

Fire calls

• Grass fire, 11:23 p.m. Friday, 2300 Iowa.
• Authorized controlled burning, 10:04 p.m. Friday, 1112 Tenn.
• Authorized controlled burning, 8:45 p.m. Friday, 543 Walnut St.
• Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire, 7:37 p.m. Friday, 6000 W. 15th St.
• Electrical wiring/equipment problem, other, 7:35 p.m. Friday, 2200 W. 26th St.
• Dispatched fire incident, canceled en route, 6:33 p.m. Friday, 1600 N. 1700 Road
• Dispatched fire incident, canceled en route, 11:49 a.m. Friday, 1100 1055 Road.
• Smoke detector activation because of malfunction, 8:11 a.m. Friday, 4640 W. 27th St.
• Heat from short circuit (wiring), defective/worn, 1:49 a.m. Friday, 1729 Mass.