Lawrence man dies of car wreck injuries

The Lawrence man injured in a wreck last Friday on Kansas Highway 10 has died of his injuries, the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office confirmed this morning.

Willie D. Paul, 27, died during the night after spending the week in intensive care at University of Kansas Hospital, Kansas City, Kan.

Paul was injured and flown to the Kansas University Hospital in Kansas City, Kan., on Friday evening after a one-vehicle rollover accident on Kansas Highway 10 east of Lawrence.

Officials said Paul was driving a white Chevrolet Corsica before 5 p.m. in the westbound lanes near Noria Road. The car then ran off the road.