A Lawrence man suffered injuries Tuesday morning in a wreck that backed up traffic on the Kansas Turnpike west of Lawrence.

Patrick T. Miller, 24, Lawrence, was driving west at 9:07 a.m. near milepost 201 when he tried to turn his Chevrolet truck through a break in the barrier wall separating westbound from eastbound lanes, according to a Kansas Turnpike Authority report. He was struck by a westbound Dodge driven by Isrrael Diaz, 28, Shawnee.

Miller suffered lacerations to his head and neck and possible internal injuries and was taken by ambulance to Lawrence Memorial Hospital. A passenger in Diaz’s vehicle, Maria C. Reyes, 30, Kansas City, Kan., suffered head and neck injuries and was taken to the hospital by ambulance.