Two hospitalized after accident on rural Douglas County road

A late-morning accident in rural Douglas County west of Lawrence sent two people to a Topeka hospital on Sunday.

Lt. Stacy Simmons, of the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office, said the one-vehicle accident occurred about 11 a.m. on East 1100 Road north of East 1400 Road when a southbound 1980s Chevrolet pickup left the road, went into the east ditch and struck a tree.

Emergency responders extracted a man and woman from the vehicle, Simmons said. They were transported to Stormont-Vail Hospital in Topeka by Lawrence-Douglas County Fire-Medical. One of the injured had life-threatening injuries, Simmons said. The Sheriff’s Office is not releasing the names, pending notification of family, she said.