Gas line break stalls Sixth Street traffic

Traffic was partially blocked off early this afteroon along Sixth Street near the intersections of Ohio and Louisiana street while authorities were dealing with a natural gas line break.

Lawrence Police Sgt. Dan Ward said police were called about the line break at 12:29 p.m. at Sixth and Ohio streets. Ward said Aquila, the city’s natural gas utility, has had a crew at the scene since 12:43 p.m.

Ward said he had no information about when traffic flow might be restored.

At 1:35 p.m., eastbound traffic on Sixth Street had been restored to one lane.