Lawrence police officers work the scene of a collision between an LPD vehicle and a truck just west of Sixth Street and Crestline Drive on Tuesday, June 6, 2017.

A Lawrence police officer was injured while responding to a rollover accident Tuesday morning, and several lanes of West Sixth Street were closed while police investigated.

The officer was injured at Sixth Street and Crestline Drive shortly before 11 a.m., police said in a news release. The officer was in his vehicle when a Ford Ranger struck it. His injuries were not life-threatening, police said, and he was taken to Lawrence Memorial Hospital.

The officer is an 8-year veteran of the department. Police did not release the officer’s name or that of the driver of the pickup.

Although police issued a news release on the second accident involving the police officer shortly after it occurred, no information, including on possible injuries, had been released on the rollover accident as of Tuesday afternoon. Emergency radio traffic indicated units had responded to the rollover accident around 10:15 a.m. Tuesday.

No further details were immediately available.

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