Law enforcement report

Injury Accidents

¢ An Illinois teenager was flown by air ambulance to an area hospital after his car collided with a semi-trailer truck Monday morning on the Kansas Turnpike near Lawrence.

According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, Erick Ovando, 16, of Rockford, Ill., was westbound on the turnpike about 9:50 a.m. in a Buick sedan when he tried to make a U-turn to enter the Lawrence Service Area. He was struck by a semi driven by Rex Neuendorf of Royal Center, Ind.

Ovando was not wearing a seat belt and was taken by LifeStar helicopter to University of Kansas Hospital, Kansas City, Kan. A condition report was not available Monday evening.

Emergency calls

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

Fire calls

¢ Excessive heat, scorch burns with no ignition, 8:56 p.m. Sunday, 4641 W. Sixth St.

¢ Building fire, 8:52 p.m. Sunday, 1719 Tenn.

¢ Arcing, shorted electrical equipment, 6:38 p.m. Sunday, 4671 W. Sixth St.

¢ Arcing, shorted electrical equipment, 1:22 p.m. Sunday, 621 Conn.

¢ Smoke or odor removal, 11:26 a.m. Sunday, 1510 St. Andrews Drive.

¢ Power line down, 9:01 a.m. Sunday, 2201 Kresge Road.

¢ Passenger vehicle fire, 6:10 a.m. Sunday, 2600 Iowa.

¢ Arcing, shorted electrical equipment, 1:43 a.m. Sunday, 847 Elm St.