A Lawrence city employee mowing a trail in east Lawrence Monday morning discovered an apparent meth lab inside a cooler.
Sgt. Trent McKinley, a Lawrence police spokesman, said firefighters and officers believe the cooler contained “remnants of or a potentially operational meth lab or the components there of.” It was in the grass near the Burroughs Creek Trail.
A city employee mowing the drainage ditch noticed the cooler and eventually suffered exposure likely due to inhalation, McKinley said.
The employee became disoriented and ill, but he was able to call for help.
After police and firefighters were called, medics examined the employee at the scene, and he was taken by co-workers to Lawrence Memorial Hospital. McKinley said he was later released from the hospital and resting at home.
Officers from the city-county drug unit were examined the cooler Monday afternoon.
McKinley said later the Kansas Bureau of Investigation sent a private contractor to Lawrence to collect and dispose of the materials.
Comments
MarcoPogo 11 months ago
There's traffic on Oregon Street?
Ragingbear 11 months ago
The container probably has melted ice and gatoraid in in. Or as the DHS calls it "The chemicals found in the world's most deadly nerve gas ever.".
consumer1 10 months, 2 weeks ago
Wow, you really must hate authority. I guess you don't realize you are the only one getting hurt by all you pent up hate. I hope you don't have children you are brainwashing with this garbage.
ksjayhawk74 11 months ago
I'm guessing it was one of those mini meth labs.
just_another_bozo_on_this_bus 11 months ago
I rode my bike down Oregons St. shortly after 10 am, and saw the guy mowing there. Hope he's alright. The chemicals used in meth production can be deadly.
merrill 11 months ago
To Bozo:
Plus ONE
oldbaldguy 11 months ago
hope he is ok. found along old pervert creek.
thinkagain 11 months ago
Is that what they will start calling Penn State, "old pervert" U?
Perhaps it does not behoove anyone to be publicly judgmental.
riverdrifter 11 months ago
I bet you would've liked Bill, OBG, if you'd ever met him.
catfishturkeyhunter 10 months, 4 weeks ago
Wierd, I thought these kinds of things only happened in Missouri
consumer1 10 months, 2 weeks ago
Even houses/apartments that were used for meth production contain toxins in the walls, floors,etc.
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