Teen driver loses control of car, hits poles near Ninth and Iowa

A driver sits nearby his car after it struck two power poles just south of Ninth and Iowa on Thursday just after noon.

A Lawrence teenager lost control of his car and hit two telephone poles near Ninth and Iowa streets, police said.

Only one car, a 1997 blue Dodge Intrepid, was involved in the accident, which happened at 11:50 a.m. Thursday at Hillcrest Shopping Center, in the 900 block of Iowa Street.

“The vehicle veered up and over the right curb and into a telephone pole, splitting the pole,” said Kim Murphree, police spokeswoman. “The impact caused the vehicle to spin and hit another telephone pole.”

The 17-year-old driver and his 52-year-old female passenger were not injured, Murphree said.